May 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] USB GPRS doodad
by Roger Oberholtzer 24 May '07

24 May '07

We have some vehicles on the road all around the world. They run OpenSUSE 10.0. Not all the computer systems have free PCI slots. But they do have USB. Does anyone have any experience with a USB-based GPRS modem that would allow us to log in to these systems via the GSM/GPRS network? I have seen these for Windows (in adverts for telecoms - so no real details on the actual hardware is provided). Any experience / pointers are welcome. -- 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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Re: [opensuse] Re: Bye Bye Vista - Hello issue with SUSE...
by Kai Ponte 24 May '07

24 May '07

On Thu, May 24, 2007 8:32 am, Eberhard Roloff wrote: >> When I type tail /var/log/messages I don't see anything strange. > > Well if it turns out to be non-X related, i.e. if your hardware > freezes > in runlevel three, as well, I would try to do it the old fashioned way with disabling certain kernel parameters like "noacpi" and similar. Ex. http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO.html I don't know if I've run in runlevel3. I really wouldn't be able to do anything there, as my work is all GUI. > > Also you might google for other users experiences with Linux on your hardware. > > regards > Eberhard, who concludes (once again, just for me and myself!) that brand > new hardware is not the ideal place for Linux, especially not if the hardware in question is a notebook. I wouldn't have done it, except I have a buddy with the same notebook. He's had it for about six months and runs SLED. I figured it would be safe to run openSUSE. Dunno. I've been running Amarok now for over an hour with no issues. I did download the latest nVidia driver, but am a bit fearful of loading it in case I mess up. Also I believe I'd have to hand-edit my xorg.conf file. Not something I'm inclined to do. At this point, the machine locked up. I am still able to SSH into it from my XP box. Looking at the messages I see: login as: root Last login: Thu May 24 11:18:42 2007 from 10.3.15.90 Have a lot of fun... jabba:/home/kai # tail /var/log/messages May 24 11:48:12 jabba zmd: ServiceManager (ERROR): Service refresh failed for 'SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates': Failed to parse XML metadata: Can't add repository at http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/suse/update/10.2: Unknown source type for http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/suse/update/10.2 May 24 12:00:26 jabba sshd[5419]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 10.3.15.90 May 24 12:00:27 jabba sshd[5419]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 10.3.15.90 May 24 12:00:30 jabba sshd[5419]: Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for root from 10.3.15.90 port 3096 ssh2 jabba:/home/kai # Nothing there appears out of the ordinary. In fact, the machine is obviously running. Looking more like an x.org issue, eh? -- k -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Novell signs on to EFF patent busting project
by James D. Parra 24 May '07

24 May '07

Just so we know... http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070523-novell-signs-on-to-eff-patent- busting-project.html 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] "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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Re: [opensuse] Giving individual rights
by M Harris 24 May '07

24 May '07

On Thursday 24 May 2007 12:25, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > > access the directory, and they may read MyNewFile, but they > > may NOT change MyNewFile... they do not have write authority > > to the file. > > I understand that much. But that's everyone in 'users' group. I want just > one individual person to have read-only permission. Assign the "individual" to a different group. By default in opensuse every new user is added to the "users" group. For the one individual--- assign her to a restricted group. The "other" permission bits will then apply to her... and anyone else *not* in the "users" group. All of your users can have the "users" permissions (r w - ) and the "other" permissions ( r - - ) will apply to her... and everyone else in groups other than "users". Another way to be more specific (and more flexible) is to use ACLs. If you open your suse help center and click on the Reference==>Administration==>Access Control Lists in Linux , you will find some really good into on setting up versatile and flexible authorization schemes. Basically chapter 24 sections 1-5 for the printed manual. I have been playing around with ACLs for a while... but really, must of what I need to get accomplished can be easily handled with the traditional unix permission bits... take a go at it. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Still having problems with xorg and video
by Jim Flanagan 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi all, I'm still having problems with xorg and my video card settings. The system is not running the correct drivers. Screensaver will not start. I had tried to install the ATI driver, but could not get that to work (previous posts). Now I'm in a sort of limbo, not in either setup properly. Do I need to reinstall the entire system to get this right? Or instead of a total reinstall of the system, could I uninstall xorg and kde, then reinstall these, on my working system? Or is there a way to get xorg to load the default drivers without reinstalling anything, and if so, how? Sorry for reposting this, but I still don't have this working correctly. (I'm running opensuse 10.2, KDE, ATI 9800 Pro AGP card). Many thanks, 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] So many dbus-daemon print-pid processes...
by Verner Kjærsgaard 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi list, - on a SuSE10.2 dual 64bit machine with 10+ users, a standard "ps auxw | grep -i print-pid | wc" gives me 650 instances of lines (like) this: victor 30770 0.0 0.0 4792 632 ? Ss 13:36 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 4 --print-address 6 --session ...eh, can this be true? What is it, should I do something to get rid of them/it? My systemload is very often over 8.0 which I think is high... I just disabled Beagle autostart just for the same reason. Don't know yet if that lowers my system load. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Small applet to check email
by George Stoianov 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi guys, Can you suggest a small applet type application that will check an Outlook box for new messages and allert me visually. I have tried Evolution but that does not seem to work, and I do not have sound working so I need something small and visual. I am using KDE. TIA. George -- 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 PCI card
by Matthew Stringer 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi, since moving house there's no socket to plug my PC in so will have to use wireless, can anyone recommend a PCI card for use with 10.2? Was thinking of using a netgear one, unless folks here say otherwise. Matthew -- 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] Bye Bye Vista - Hello issue with SUSE...
by Kai Ponte 24 May '07

24 May '07

On Thu, May 24, 2007 12:10 am, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote: >> ...I left it in the locked state for a few hours. Went off to a >> meeting, and it has been working perfectly. Could it have been "The >> Return of Beagle"? I'd forgotten about the dog, and I have it >> running. I currently have KDE System guard running to see if >> anything >> is stealing my processes, but so far, it has worked flawlessly for >> the >> past hour. >> > Having read the entire thread, I got this stomach gut feeling...it's > your X > driver. I've seen stuff like this when the display hardware doesn't > really > like the X driver. Or the other way round. > > Try digging in that direction. Update: How do I "dig" in this direction? I just noticed it locking up again last night. I restarted my session in Enlightenmetn, and it locked within about two minutes. It "could" be hardware, as someone else mentioned, but Vista wasn't locking like this. I have been running memtest since last night, with no ill results. Ideas? When I type tail /var/log/messages I don't see anything strange. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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