May 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

28 Aug '07

Hi, I have the OpenSuse 10.2 DVD from Linux Format magazine. I was going to install it in a dual-boot arrangement with XP. However, based on what I have read, during the installation, it asks you to choose your desktop (KDE, GNOME, XFCE, or whatever). While I don't have any distribution installed at present, previous installations allowed you to choose the desktop you wanted to use when you booted. Is there a way to install all available desktops/windows managers and then choose the one you want to use when you boot? Many thanks in advance. Rob -- 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 database program?
by Nick Zentena 19 Aug '07

19 Aug '07

Is there something small and simple? All I want is to set up a simple home database. Items,serial numbers maybe a couple more fields. Every time I go looking all I seem to find is stuff geared at running a Fortune 500 company. Thanks Nick -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Filesystem becomes read-only
by Tim Donnelly 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

I am using Suse 10.2 on two different machines. One is a new Dell Poweredge 2970, the other is an older (2002) "no-name" server. Both have experienced a strange and severe problem since I installed Suse. Basically the file system is put into a read-only state. While the OS and all apps are still running and I can log in a view files/logs etc. nothing can write to the disks. Obviously this causes all kinds of problems. The only way to get the filesystem into a more interactive state is a hard reboot. The first two times this occurred, there were messages in the /var/log/messages file relating to megasas, however as soon as the system was restarted, these warnings disappeared. I believe the file was not actually written to the disk when the system freaked out so once logging resumed those entries were lost. The messages are somewhat similar to these that I found via a Google search: sd 1:2:0:0: megasas: RESET -286287 cmd=8a megasas: [ 0]waiting for 12 commands to complete megasas: [ 5]waiting for 12 commands to complete megasas: [10]waiting for 12 commands to complete megasas: [15]waiting for 12 commands to complete ... megasas: [170]waiting for 12 commands to complete megasas: [175]waiting for 12 commands to complete megasas: failed to do reset sd 1:2:0:0: megasas: RESET -286287 cmd=8a megasas: cannot recover from previous reset failures sd 1:2:0:0: megasas: RESET -286287 cmd=8a megasas: cannot recover from previous reset failures sd 1:2:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery Saturday the problem happened on the Dell server, although this time there is no mention of megasas in the logs files. A search of this list did not find any reference to megasas and all too many unrelated results for a read-only filesystem :). System Specs: Dell PowerEdge 2970 Opteron 2.0GHz 64-bit 4 GB memory 3x 73GB Hard Drive (RAID 5) PERC 5i "No-name server" Dual P3 1GHz 1GB memory Dual 36GB hard drives (no RAID) I appreciate any help. Let me know if more information is needed. Thanks Tim Donnelly Systems/Network Administrator Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (303)759-3399 x106 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] avahi in opensuse 10.2?
by Nate Pearlstein 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Anyone actually seen this work with 10.2? It never seems to attempt to join the 224.0.0.251 multicast group. Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 107) and group 'avahi' (GID 109). Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: Successfully dropped root privileges. Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: avahi-daemon 0.6.14 starting up. Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: Loading service file /etc/avahi/services/sftp-ssh.service. Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: Loading service file /etc/avahi/services/ssh.service. Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: netlink.c: packet not from the kernel Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: Registering HINFO record with values 'I686'/'LINUX'. Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: Server startup complete. Host name is tlaloc.local. Local service cookie is 2476043156. Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: Service "Remote Terminal on tlaloc" (/etc/avahi/services/ssh.service) successfully established. Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: Service "SFTP File Transfer on tlaloc" (/etc/avahi/services/sftp-ssh.service) successfully established. Mar 18 03:39:47 tlaloc avahi-daemon[32653]: netlink.c: packet not from the kernel -- =========================================================== Its A Smallworld is in Fantasyland =========================================================== Nate Pearlstein - npearl(a)sgi.com - Product Support Engineer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] reject external mail to local address
by Patrick Shanahan 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

I am receiving spam to a local address, "at@wahoo....", which is aliased to root and then to me. I would like to limit the receipt of mail to that address to only local mail, but do not know how. I have entered the address in access and header_checks as REJECT, but has no affect. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.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] console 10 syslog messages are going to active tty
by 18~Carlos E. R. 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, To my surprise, syslog messages that should go to tty10 console, are popping up at the cursor position of the active tty (tty5, for instance). I'm using syslog-ng, and the config file is dated 2006-10-20: ie, it has not been modified since last October. So, either some update has broken it, or there is a bug somewhere. I'm witholding reseting the service in case somebody has some test idea. [...] Correction: those messages are not destined to to tty10 console; they are the firewall messages only, and only appear while I'm using that console if logged in, or in tty 10 if it is the current tty. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGXpg4tTMYHG2NR9URAqFXAJ9NHA19ZvixjG6/xewnJ+SC1s8e6ACgmRuD ksNwo5urgcNrxQkb9zhcxJ8= =vH6j -----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] How to check processor is 32 bit or 64 bit ? in suse OS?
by Anil Kalasa 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hi, I need an urgent help, how to check weather the processor is 32 bit or 64bit, not the OS. This is for SUSE linux. Many Thanks Anil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] On-topic list, anyone?
by Jonathan Wilson 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

Does anyone know of a mailing list for discussing technical issues about SuSE, that is on-topic only (no OT postings)? Anyone interested in starting one? It's kind weird - I'm on a great deal of mailing lists (have been for years), and just recently (past few weeks) there's been long, flame wars about off-topic threads ("this is list on-topic only" "no it's not" banter) on several of them. Must be an internet-wide conspiracy, it's gotten into everyone at once :-) -- ---------------------- jw(a)mailsw.com - System Administrator - Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Run Dual-boot XP simultaneously?
by Ken Jennings 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Windows on my wife's Dell 4700C finally imploded. Since the opportunity to "fix" it was presented, I added dual-booting Suse 10.2 after reinstalling XP. It occurs to me now with a complete XP install on its own partition separate from linux, shouldn't it somehow be possible to run both at the same time? So, is there a way to run Windows XP already installed on its own partition from within SuSE? Or would I be required to reinstall Windows from within some kind of emulation or virtualization framework? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] clean /tmp
by Fazer 14 Jun '07

14 Jun '07

Hellow As I noticed my free space after one year using SUSE is really small i noticed that directories whitch was almost empty after instalation have some size is tehere an easy way to clean it /var 543MB /tmp 634MB or if there is some other places where I can find useless files to delete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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