July 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] File system goes "ro"
by Stevens 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

I finally saw first hand the read-only BUG in suse 10.2. I was working on a 110MB PowerPoint presentation on a flash drive (using OpenOffice, of course) and when I went to save my work the system got about 1/3 of the way through, then threw a hissy fit (that's somewhat akin to a wall-eyed fit) and then went read only. It took a reboot and ultimately booting to a linux live cd and running fsck on the root partition before I got the system up and running again. To test the theory posted here a few days ago that the bug involves high disk usage on different filesystems, I then copied the PP file over to the hard drive, then redid all the work and this time it worked as it should have. The flash drive is FAT32, the hard drive is ext3. YMMV. 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] Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
by Jan Karjalainen 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

I'd like to know how to get the "thumb" button and the scroll wheel's left/right scroll to work. In Windows I have mapped the buttons to middle click and Alt+left/right respectively. I'd like to have the same mapping in openSUSE 10.2 too... /J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] gDesklets
by Hans Linux 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

i just got gDesklets installed on my opensuse 10.2 and i added some applets like calendar and clock. the thing is, those applets appear floating on my desktop and always stay on top. is there anyway to set it to stick with the desktop like Vista deskbar?, so when we open an application, gDesktop will stay on the back. It's quite annoying to have it on top of every applications. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Question for openSUSE installation disk space.
by Giorgos 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi!!! :-) I hope not to disturb you with beginner's questions, but I'm just making my first steps on Linux. Sorry for my poor English too! :-) I downloaded the openSUSE installation DVD, as well the 2 addittional CDs. I burn them and I made room at my disk with GParted. Now I have ~40GB unallocated space. Installation run properly, until the disk partitioning. I pointed the installer at the unallocated space, but I received this message: "The current selection is invalid. Too few partitions are marked for removal or the disk is too small. To install Linux, select more partitions to remove or select a larger disk." "OK" What now? I read the minimum requirements and they're reporting 2.2GB for desktop installation. Did I missconfigured something? Am I missing something? Any ideas - suggestions? THANKS!!! Giorgos. :-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] adding items to "Computer" menu
by Sunny 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi, I want to add smart in the "Computer" menu, underneath YaST. How can I do this. I know how to add it in the favorites, but I'd like it in Computer. This is 10.2 with suse style menus. Cheers -- 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] Trying to bring up wifi
by John E. Perry 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi, I just bought a Netgear RangeMax router, and I've been completely unable to connect to it under suse10.2. I set it up under XP (dual-booting from this same laptop after struggling with it for several days using KWiFiManager, iwconfig, etc. ipw3945 (the driver for my laptop's on-board Intel 3945 interface) appears to be running, but iwlist says there's no interface that supports scanning, and iwconfig says there's no interface with wireless extensions. Everything I can find on the web implies that there should be an eth1 (eth0 is the on-board Ethernet interface), but there is no such. I installed KWiFiManager hoping it could help, but all it says is "No Interface" in the titlebar, and "DISABLED" in the status area. If I try to bring up the configuration editor, it asks for the root password, then immediately returns to the main window with no message or error. This same laptop works perfectly when I boot into XP, so I'm obviously not understanding something about setting up under suse. The router is set up as "ad hoc", WPA-PSK (AES). Yast won't allow me to set the passphrase under ad hoc mode; it only accepts it under "managed" mode. Could this be the problem? What could I do to fix it? Can anyone help? John Perry -- 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: Ideas on disk cloning?
by Joachim Schrod 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Anders Norrbring wrote: > > What I'm looking at is to move fully operational system to another > machine with small system disk. I have used transfers via tar, cpio, and rsync successfully for that purpose. I currently use rsync, since it handles ACLs, because I had problems there with tar and cpio. (But that's some while ago, maybe they handle it now properly.) The target system is booted from DVD and then initiates the rsync. Don't forget to use -H and -A together with -a, and you need to call rsync for each file system (use -x). Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Xorg looping - how to report?
by Per Jessen 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

All, I'm openSUSE 10.2 and occasionally I'll see Xorg looping. The entire screen appears to be hung, also does not respond to Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, nor to Ctrl-Alt-F1. When I log in from another system (ssh), Xorg is running at 100%, and the only way out is to kill it, and let it restart. A couple of time this seems to have happened in connection with start openoffice. This happens maybe once a week - the workstation is running 24h/day, and is otherwise hardly ever restarted. I'm not really very familiar with how to debug KDE/X, but I'd like to get rid of this really annoying problem. How should I go about reporting it? I.e. what kind of diagnostics should I provide? /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our business. -- 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 install "suspend to disk"
by robert rottermann 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi there, this is my first post to this forum. Please tell me if there is a more appropriate one to ask question as the following if you think one exists. After changing both main board and upgrading from SuSE 10.1 to 10.2 I can not suspend to disk any more. The respective entry is missing in the shut down menu. Is there a way to "install" it? thanks, robert

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[opensuse] OpenSuSE 10.2: Firefox 2.0.0.4: no sound on youtube flash videos
by Siegfried Wolkenstein 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hello, the sound on flash videos is gone... version of the flashplayer rpm: flash-player-7.0.68.0-16 Many thanks PS: not able to provide you with further information -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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