July 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Slow SuSE 10.2 on Fujitsu-Siemens L6820
by Clive Rogers 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Hello All, Has anyone any idea why Open SuSE 10.2 is so slow on a Fujitsu-Siemens L6820 latop. This laptop is a 2.4 Ghz Celeron, 1.5 Gig 333 Mhz DDR memory with 160 Gbyte hard drive. It take over 4 hours to install from DVD. Copied whole of DVD to harddrive and installed from there, this took 1 hour intsead of 4. The update from the internet took 6 hours. Everytime I boot the laptop it takes 8 mins to reach a point where I can start working. If I want to install any programs it takes 10 mins or more even if the program I want is on the had drive. It takes 3 mins for Yast2 to come up ready for searching/installing programs. Windows XP and ntfs/fat32 partitions not seen so were not in either mtab or fstab. When I changed mtab and fstab as root to see the Windows partitions and rebooted only one partition was seen and this was the fat32 partition. On one instance SuSE 10.2 took 15 mins to boot up to the graphical login. I use SuSE 10.2 on my desktop and found that SuSE 10.2 is up and ready to work in 1 min 25 secs. I assumed this would be the case for the laptop as well but this is not so. I have tried turning off the acpi with acpi=off and the other variations on the boot up screen but to no avail. Any help would be appreciated. -- Kindest regards, Clive. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/c.rogers/ Fighting for darker skies. From 52:26:31N 01:27:48W -- 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] DSL Internet and LAN conflict
by G T Smith 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 RBStanfield wrote: > Yes, I would like to access the Internet from the laptop. > > Do I suspect I have a firewall problem? > > G T Smith wrote: > RBStanfield wrote: >>>> Folks, >>>> >>>> I have two ethernet card, one devoted to a Hughes satellite Internet >>>> modem and the second to my home LAN via a Linksys router. >>>> >>>> My problem. I can't get them both operate at the same time. >>>> If I configure the Internet as DSL (eth1)and the LAN (eth0) with user >>>> defined IDs, the Internet is accessible and the LAN is unreachable. If I >>>> then >>>> >>>> <ifconfig eth1 down> >>>> >>>> now the LAN works and the Internet is unreachable. >>>> >>>> Then >>>> >>>> <ifconfig eth1 up> >>>> >>>> the LAN doesn't work again and the Internet works. >>>> >>>> What's up? >>>> >>>> >>>> Bob Stanfield > > 1) Have you setup the machine to route traffic between lan and DSl? > 2) Do you want to setup the machine to do the above. > > Answer varies depending on what you wish to do and what you have done. > > More info would help. > > Unless routing (and/or) IP forwarding is properly set there are no rules > saying what traffic should go where... > I think getting a better idea of how your network is organised might be helpful here. I am deducing that you have a laptop and a PC connected to a router, and the PC connected to the modem by ethernet via cable. What I am not clear on is whether the router is wireless, wired or both. If the machine with two network cards is the laptop we may have a more complex problem (I have come across scenarios where a laptop would not support routing between internal network devices). I think it might be an idea to forward the output given by typing at the command line the following ifstatus eth0 and ifstatus eth1 to the list. This would give me (and others on this list) more information on what we are looking at so appropriate advice can be given. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGl+Q4asN0sSnLmgIRAv1vAJ9cI8TrCl+rU7Mh2RHYRDzA7P06EwCfYxoO trfll//o0nqJTyFOke0oONA= =+HHC -----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] DSL Internet and LAN conflict
by RBStanfield 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Folks, I have two ethernet card, one devoted to a Hughes satellite Internet modem and the second to my home LAN via a Linksys router. My problem. I can't get them both operate at the same time. If I configure the Internet as DSL (eth1)and the LAN (eth0) with user defined IDs, the Internet is accessible and the LAN is unreachable. If I then <ifconfig eth1 down> now the LAN works and the Internet is unreachable. Then <ifconfig eth1 up> the LAN doesn't work again and the Internet works. What's up? Bob Stanfield -- 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] webex player does not show video on opensuse 10.2
by Sunny 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Hi, I tried to view this video conference recording (very interesting stuff about virtualization): <https://jboss.webex.com/ec0509l/eventcenter/recording/recordAction.do?theAc…> After I click "Playback", it loads the webex player, asks if I do allow it to run, and then starts playing, but I can hear only the sound. The video window displays only one one small yellow square. I'm using firefox 2.0.0.4, latest update, and java-1_5_0-sun-1.5.0_update12-3.1 on opensuse 10.2 32bit. Does anyone see the same problem? I searched in google and I found only one post where someone complains that webex does not work on his 10.2, but no responses or solution: <http://www.unixadmintalk.com/f61/problems-running-webex-suse-10-2-a-273108/> -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Display resolution 1600x1200 will not accepted by 10.2
by Jan Albrecht 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Hi all, I've little problem here. I got a SUN 365-1430 monitor as present here yesterday. The monitor does work fine and supports a resolution up to 1600x1200. If I do enter this resolution to sax2 and test it, sax2 will fall back to 1280x1024, no matter what I provide sax2 as monitor data. Does anyone of you have the idea what the problem could be? 915resolution does provide me this: sudo 915resolution -l albr17's password: Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.3 Chipset: 945G BIOS: TYPE 1 Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269 Mode Table Entries: 27 Mode 30 : 640x480, 8 bits/pixel Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel Mode 38 : 1280x1024, 8 bits/pixel Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel Mode 3c : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel Mode 41 : 640x480, 16 bits/pixel Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel Mode 49 : 1280x1024, 16 bits/pixel Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel Mode 4d : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel Mode 50 : 640x480, 32 bits/pixel Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel Mode 58 : 1280x1024, 32 bits/pixel Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel Mode 5c : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel So I assume I do not have to patch the the vbios, as my resolution is already listed there. I've worked myself through various prostings and already provided the monitor specifications to sax2 by hand, but I still do not get my wanted resolution. Any idea? Thanks Jan -- http://blog.salid.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] xen reports incorrect mhz processor speed
by Curtis Grote 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

I am using SuSE 10.2 with all updates applied. (kernel 2.6.18.8-0.3) IBM eserver xSeries 360 with quad Xeon 2ghz processors. 6 gb memory. Bios is up to date. When I boot SUSE without Xen the processor speed is reported at 2000 and the system clock keeps time correctly. When I boot the xenpae kernel Xen incorrectly reports a 2493.830 MHz processor. This causes the system clock to lose 12 seconds every minute. (The ratio of a processor being used as 2493.830 rather than the 2000 mhz processor compared to 60 seconds results in 48.13 seconds - exactly the loss in time.) When running SUSE Yast hardware detection the Bios section reports correctly as 2000 in the Xen kernel and the SUSE kernel. But when booting Xen, even though the Bios section in the Yast hardware detection is correct, the CPU section reports the processor speed incorrectly as 2493. I have tried to: 1. Turn off hyperthreading in the bios. 2. Enter boot parameters 'acpi_pm_good'. 3. Enter boot parameters 'acpi_skip_timer_override'. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can get Xen to identify the correct processor speed? This is making it unusable on this machine. Thanks Curtis Grote Memorial Hospital -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Mouse and keyboard settings lost
by Hans van der Merwe 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Hi The last couple of days my mouse accel and keyboard repeat functions disappear when rebooting? These are the settings Im setting in KDE Personal Settings. When I click on Defaults is shows my settings, but I still need to Apply to get it working. Where does KDE keep amd when does in load these settings? Hans E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] extract and modify initrd
by James Tremblay 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Hey everyone, I need to extract an initrd, some secret CPIO command, and modify the scripts it runs. The initrd I want is the one used in the "mini" bootcd for 10.2 , can anyone help? -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District Newmarket,NH http://en.opensuse.org/Education "let's make a difference" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Something weird with Firefox in Opensuse 10.2
by Phil Savoie 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Hi All, Am having weirdness with Firefox Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20061023 SUSE/2.0.0.4-1.1 Firefox/2.0.0.4. Seems that I am getting what appears to be raw html script where the headlines should be in a local on-line newspaper. I have included a screenshot to demonstrate what I am experiencing. This is something that just appeared as I don't recall having done anything to precipitate this. Any help in how to fix this would be great. Thank you, Phil

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