January 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] Install and boot from usb disk
by Victor Prada 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

basically you have to manually tell the BIOS to boot from the USB disk.... the last time I made an install on a USB drive, before rebooting the first time I did create a new initrd file to tell the kernel to load the usb modules and be able to mount the root partition from the USB drive (I do remember to add usb_storage,sg,sbp2 and others) if you don't create the new initrd, there is a chance that your installation won't boot.... to fix it, use a rescue system, chroot to your installation and create the new initrd best Regards Victor Prada On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 14:12 -0500, Jose wrote: > First thing to check if the computer you are trying to boot up supports > usb bootup, when yu are booting up, you may see a meesage "press esc/f8" > or something like that to select boot up device, that usually brings up > a small menu where you can select which device to boot from, if USB is > available select it and that should make your system to boot up from the > usb drive. > > Jan Albrecht wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've installed 10.3 on a USB disc drive as I can't use the internal > > disc drive in my company notebook. > > Any idea which option I have to use so that I can boot from my USB > > drive? Currently it just tells me "Missing operrating system". > > Thanks > > Jan > > > > EMAIL WARNING: The information contained in this email may contain protected health information, which is legally privileged and confidential. This information is intended only for the use of the individual / entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, use of or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please reply immediately and delete this email from your mailbox. Thank-you. -- 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 Opensuse 10.3
by Mozzi 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Hallo all I have xen installed on my desktop. Opensuse 10.3 32 bit. According to yast2 my domain-0 is running. However I cannot boot from an iso image when I create a new host. It gives me the error: The installation source is unusable. Mozzi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Lost rpm db?
by Anders Norrbring 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

I have a problem.. One of my machines (10.2) lost its installed rpm database.. So, when I do a 'rpm -qa' it shows only 2 packages.. How can I rebuild it accurately? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] URGENT!! (and don't be angry for the Subject of this mail)
by Fred A. Miller 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Carl Hartung wrote: > > On Mon January 28 2008 10:01:25 pm Stevens wrote: >> >> Carl: >> >> >> >> Understand that Al Gore, a corrupt American politician who is >> >> also dumb as a rock, will make tons of money off of people >> >> stupid enough to go along with his scam. There is a difference >> >> between pollution and global warming. Our 0.15% contribution >> >> to greenhouse gasses does nothing to warm the planet but does >> >> lots to foul our nest. Please keep those two things separate as >> >> you watch this video: >> >> >> >> http://www.aconvenientfiction.com/inconvenient3.html > > > > These people also produced a documentary asserting that breast implants were > > GOOD for women. What credentials! Then came "Against Nature," a documentary > > which aired on the BBC which then had to issue a public apology for showing > > it. > > > > Get some SCIENCE not blather, Fred. And PLEASE post to the list! Carl.....you need better glasses!! I didn't post this....someone else did. Fred -- Steve Ballmer is no more able for the art of persuasion than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] RGENT!! (and don't be angry for the Subject of this mail)
by Fred A. Miller 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Carl Hartung wrote: > > On Mon January 28 2008 09:41:50 pm Fred A. Miller wrote: >> >> No Carl, YOU loose. ;) You mention NASA......read their most recent >> >> data. They are predicting a mini-ice age again and to start soon that >> >> will last 20 - 30 years, WITH famine and crop failures. > > > > Fred: Please post to the list!!! > > > > You got a link to serve with that assertion? :-) NO Carl, I'm quite busy.....if you want to know the truth, go look it up! The data was released in the last few days. Fred -- Steve Ballmer is no more able for the art of persuasion than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] AMD Puts New Graphics Card Sandwich on the Menu
by Fred A. Miller 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

With AMD's new Radeon HD 3870 X2, the company has essentially put the power of two graphics processors on one card. The device won't likely be a huge seller -- its target market is gamers with high-end systems who demand high-octane hardware. However, the offering one-ups Nvidia, a leader in the graphics card field. http://www.technewsworld.com/edpick/61410.html -- Steve Ballmer is no more able for the art of persuasion than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels. -- 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-offtopic] Re: [opensuse] URGENT!! (and don't be angry for the Subject of this mail)
by Fred A. Miller 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Carl Hartung wrote: > On Mon January 28 2008 07:03:36 pm Fred A. Miller wrote: >> So have I, and global warming is BAD science.....PERIOD!! > > I've read your posts for a long time, Fred. Generally speaking, you almost > always have an axe to grind in these kinds of exchanges (purposely avoiding > the word "debate" here because I've read only assertions and insults... the > opponents have no *science*] You become slick tonged Carl when others don't agree with you. You only read what pleases you, I guess. > And PLEASE reply to the list! :-) You can start here, Carl. Now, I know you won't like what you read and will immediately state that ALL of the references here are from people who don't know what they're talking about, aren't qualified, or whatever. However, it may be educational for those who are interested in the truth instead of holding onto a political agenda. Now, this is off-topic and I'm done with it here. Fred http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagid=1344 http://csicop.org/doubtandabout/crichton/ http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_headline=debunking-of-glo… http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/ http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58767 http://www.climateofdenial.net/?q=node/3 http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/02/bad_research_horrendous_r… -- Steve Ballmer is no more able for the art of persuasion than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels. -- 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 10.3, GTK file open/save dialogue rendered with wrong colours in KDE, looks OK in Gnome
by Tero Pesonen 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Hi! Not sure where this belongs -- to Gnome or KDE or this list, as it involves both KDE and GTK -- but I decided to try here first. I'm running a relatively fresh 10.3 installation, which was installed from the scratch, not upgraded from an earlier version. If I run Gnome, and choose the HighContrastInverse theme, everything works as expected. However, on KDE I first did not get it to work at all: There was the GTK Styles and Fonts module in KControl, and first I set there for GTK apps the said theme (as I had done on both 10.2 and 9.3, where it had worked flawlessly.) Now, though, the GTK apps did not seem to respect this setting. Their colour theme would not change, not even after restarting KDE, but instead seemed to default to some basic whitish theme. I then tried removing the kcm-gtk thing by removing the rpm and reinstalling it (I had also updated to the latest STABLE repo RPM's) but that did no good. The theme just would not change. Next I again removed the kcm thing, and installed an app called gtk-chtheme, that allows one to change the GTK theme on KDE. Well, it actually worked -- the theme gets changed. However, there's an issue: The GTK file open/save dialogs DO NOT show correctly: They show a white background where there should be a darkish background (i.e. the folder/files list + the list on the left). Otherwise they have the typical dark background and correct text colour. The dialogues are rendered somewhat challenging to use, as they thereby show white text on white/pale background that seems to be from some other theme, maybe from the default one? I've checked and manually tried editing the /usr/share/themes/HighContrastInverse/gtk-2.0/gtkrc. None of the colour values there seem to have any effect on this dialogue. What is more, the dialogue is rendered with the correct colours under Gnome. On 10.2 and 9.3 I never had this problem. On the other hand, there the KControl GTK-Style component worked as expected, i.e. it actually changed the theme. I now have a ~/.gtkrc-2.0 that says: **** # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT include "/usr/share/themes/HighContrastInverse/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" include "/home/tero/.gtkrc.mine" # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT **** which seems correct, although there is no such file as ~/.gtkrc.mine Since I had an old backup with some old modified version of my 10.2 HighContrastInverse gtkrc, I even tried replacing the stock one with that old version, to but no avail. Still the dialogue retains that whitish background under KDE for the files/folder list and the list on the left that has Home, Filesystem etc. links. So I put back the original version of the theme. It says it includes all that is needed in that one gtkrc. Now I no longer know what to do. What could affect or determine the colours on the file/folder list and and the left-ahnd-side lsits backgrounds? Maybe the answer lies in why the kcm-gtk component is not working? However, this is strange, as one would have expected it to work on a fresh installation. It never worked at any point, and it was one of the first things I tried after having installed 10.3 and changed some fonts etc. If anyone had any ideas how to investigate this, it would be most helpful. Google finds nothing that would relate to this problem. Does that KControl's GTK-Styles component work on other's 10.3 systems? Thanks, Tero Pesonen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Google Earth crashes with signal 6
by Henk te Sligte 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Hi all, I am using OpenSuse for about a year now, but I never got Google Earth working. Today, I decided to give it another try. I removed everything related to Google Earth, logged in as root, and installed Google Earth. Installation works fine, no problems at all. But when I tried to run it, X server crashed. Also when I logged in as user, it crashes. I couldn't get anything useful from /var/log/messages, so I tried to find something useful from the internet. The only possible solution I found was at linuxquestions.org: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/google-earth-crashes-x… TaylorVcl recommends running the following: wget http://librarian.launchpad.net/7037027/libGL.so.1 -O libGL.so.1 at the directory /opt/googlearth/. This is where Google Earth is installed, so everything should be fine. And yes, X server doesn't crash anymore when I try to run googlearth. But I get the message located at the bottom of this mail. The log file is attached to this mail. I hope someone has any idea to fix this, because I really love this application. Thank you very much in advance! Henk te Sligte googleearth-bin: xcb_xlib.c:52: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed. Google Earth has caught signal 6. Stacktrace from glibc: ./googleearth-bin(__gxx_personality_v0+0x1e8) [0x8057fb4] ./googleearth-bin [0x8058399] [0xffffe420] [0xffffe410] /lib/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x55) [0xb60b88f5] /lib/libc.so.6(abort+0x101) [0xb60ba1e1] /lib/libc.so.6(__assert_fail+0xee) [0xb60b1c1e] /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xb5dc7692] /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 [0xb5ecaa21] ./libGL.so.1(__glXInitialize+0x5d5) [0xb5e0ee75] ./libGL.so.1 [0xb5e0b07d] ./libGL.so.1(glXChooseVisual+0x3a) [0xb5e0cc3a] ./librender.so [0xb62f36d5] ./librender.so(_ZN12RenderWidget4initEv+0x52) [0xb62f4366] ./librender.so(_ZN12RenderWidgetC1EP7QWidgetPKcj+0x109) [0xb62f48c1] ./librender.so(_ZN5earth6render12RenderWindow12createWidgetEv+0x52) [0xb62e00fc] ./libgoogleearth.so(_ZN5earth6client12ModuleWidget9showEventEP10QShowEvent+0x51) [0xb77133d9] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget5eventEP6QEvent+0x277) [0xb6e12017] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication14internalNotifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0xa1) [0xb6d649a1] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0xc9) [0xb6d65489] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x266) [0xb6e10f76] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xb6e10ccb] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xb6e10f17] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xb6e10ccb] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xb6e10f17] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xb6e10ccb] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xb6e10f17] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xb6e10ccb] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xb6e10f17] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xb6e10ccb] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xb6e10f17] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xb6e10ccb] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xb6e10f17] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xb6e10ccb] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xb6e10f17] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN11QMainWindow4showEv+0x93) [0xb6ee52b3] ./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget10showNormalEv+0x33) [0xb6e0a5e3] ./libgoogleearth.so(_ZN10MainWindow18readScreensizeInfoEv+0x592) [0xb76e28ce] ./libgoogleearth.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application12setupMainWinERK7QString+0x1f5) [0xb770056d] ./libgoogleearth.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application3runEv+0x1f0) [0xb77037c2] ./googleearth-bin(main+0x11f) [0x8058817] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0) [0xb60a4fe0] ./googleearth-bin(__gxx_personality_v0+0x75) [0x8057e41] We apologize for the inconvenience, but Google Earth has crashed. This is a bug in the program, and should never happen under normal circumstances. A bug report and debugging data are now being written to this text file: /home/henk/.googleearth/crashlogs/crashlog-C50122D3.txt This bug report will be sent to Google automatically next time you run Google Earth. Its data, which contains no personal information, will help us correct problems without bothering you further. If you would rather this info not be transmitted, please delete the above file before running the program again. If you want bug reports to NEVER be sent, remove the above 'crashlogs' directory's read/write permissions. CRASHLOGVER 1 CRASHLOGID 0xC50122D3 APPVERMAJOR 4 APPVERMINOR 2 APPVERBUILD 205 APPBUILDDATE Nov 13 2007 APPBUILDTIME 17:52:07 OSTYPE 11 OSVERMAJOR 2 OSVERMINOR 6 OSVERBUILD 22 OSVERPATCH 5 PID 4722 CRASHSIGNAL 6 CRASHTIME 1201460077 PROGRAMUPTIME 2 STACK 0x8057fb4 STACK 0x8058399 STACK 0xffffe420 STACK 0xffffe410 STACK 0xb60b88f5 STACK 0xb60ba1e1 STACK 0xb60b1c1e STACK 0xb5dc7692 STACK 0xb5ecaa21 STACK 0xb5e0ee75 STACK 0xb5e0b07d STACK 0xb5e0cc3a STACK 0xb62f36d5 STACK 0xb62f4366 STACK 0xb62f48c1 STACK 0xb62e00fc STACK 0xb77133d9 STACK 0xb6e12017 STACK 0xb6d649a1 STACK 0xb6d65489 STACK 0xb6e10f76 STACK 0xb6e10ccb STACK 0xb6e10f17 STACK 0xb6e10ccb STACK 0xb6e10f17 STACK 0xb6e10ccb STACK 0xb6e10f17 STACK 0xb6e10ccb STACK 0xb6e10f17 STACK 0xb6e10ccb STACK 0xb6e10f17 STACK 0xb6e10ccb STACK 0xb6e10f17 STACK 0xb6e10ccb STACK 0xb6e10f17 STACK 0xb6ee52b3 STACK 0xb6e0a5e3 STACK 0xb76e28ce STACK 0xb770056d STACK 0xb77037c2 STACK 0x8058817 STACK 0xb60a4fe0 STACK 0x8057e41 DSO googleearth-bin/0x8048000/111416 DSO linux-gate.so.1/0xffffe000/1580 DSO libbase.so/0xb7f18000/669696 DSO libcomponent.so/0xb7f01000/86805 DSO libfusion.so/0xb7efc000/13124 DSO libgeobase.so/0xb7b96000/3443270 DSO libmath.so/0xb7b7b000/103833 DSO libwmsbase.so/0xb7b15000/395459 DSO libnet.so/0xb7acb000/287819 DSO libalchemyext.so/0xb7ac6000/15216 DSO libcollada.so/0xb776d000/3388384 DSO libgoogleearth.so/0xb7600000/1439454 DSO libGLU.so.1/0xb7581000/507779 DSO libcrypto.so.0.9.8/0xb745b000/1103016 DSO libcurl.so.3/0xb7432000/159800 DSO libfreeimage.so.3/0xb736f000/770245 DSO libgcc_s.so.1/0xb7364000/39096 DSO libjpeg.so.62/0xb733f000/139688 DSO libmng.so.1/0xb72e2000/364312 DSO libpng12.so.0/0xb72ba000/156964 DSO libqt-mt.so.3/0xb6b84000/7313347 DSO libqui.so.1/0xb6ae8000/621811 DSO libssl.so.0.9.8/0xb6aac000/221460 DSO libstdc++.so.6/0xb69d2000/849472 DSO libtiff.so.3/0xb6976000/364328 DSO libz.so.1/0xb695f000/86972 DSO libIGCore.so/0xb6868000/952308 DSO libIGGfx.so/0xb67af000/704928 DSO libIGAttrs.so/0xb674d000/365780 DSO libIGDisplay.so/0xb6739000/70352 DSO libIGGui.so/0xb66f7000/246068 DSO libIGSg.so/0xb65e9000/1036804 DSO libIGCollision.so/0xb65d9000/55044 DSO libIGMath.so/0xb6590000/277228 DSO libIGUtils.so/0xb6569000/146568 DSO libIGOpt.so/0xb648e000/841480 DSO libIGExportCommon.so/0xb6406000/517352 DSO libcommon.so/0xb6308000/997730 DSO librender.so/0xb62ae000/349174 DSO libauth.so/0xb6223000/548318 DSO libframework.so/0xb620c000/86398 DSO libm.so.6/0xb61c3000/139908 DSO libc.so.6/0xb608f000/1228880 DSO libpthread.so.0/0xb6078000/77532 DSO libdl.so.2/0xb6074000/7180 DSO libXrender.so.1/0xb606b000/28344 DSO libXcursor.so.1/0xb6060000/31172 DSO libXft.so.2/0xb604d000/68204 DSO libfreetype.so.6/0xb5fde000/438020 DSO libfontconfig.so.1/0xb5fb2000/141920 DSO libXext.so.6/0xb5fa3000/51904 DSO libX11.so.6/0xb5e88000/1140032 DSO libSM.so.6/0xb5e7e000/26688 DSO libICE.so.6/0xb5e65000/85024 DSO libGL.so.1/0xb5df6000/423384 DSO ld-linux.so.2/0xb7fc4000/105948 DSO libXfixes.so.3/0xb5def000/13092 DSO libexpat.so.1/0xb5dce000/122316 DSO libXau.so.6/0xb5dca000/5996 DSO libxcb-xlib.so.0/0xb5dc7000/2016 DSO libxcb.so.1/0xb5dae000/92112 DSO libXxf86vm.so.1/0xb5da7000/14520 DSO libdrm.so.2/0xb5d9c000/32848 DSO libevll.so/0xb3ccd000/6108992 DSO libnavigate.so/0xb133a000/1336238 DSO liblayer.so/0xb10e9000/2359150 DSO libmeasure.so/0xb1039000/696250 DSO libbasicIngest.so/0xb0f4e000/915434 DSO libgooglesearch.so/0xb0e93000/741326 DSO libinput_plugin.so/0xb0e58000/232214 DSO libflightsim.so/0xb0d53000/1022678

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Re: [opensuse] How to Set Netbios Name
by Donald D Henson 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

N B Day wrote: > On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 06:04 -0700, Donald D Henson wrote: >> I've just spent two hours trying to find the procedure to set a netbios >> name on a Linux machine, for use in a Samba network. Can someone point >> me to the procedure? I'd appreciate it. >> >> Don Henson > In the simple case (as root) edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and add a line > near the top like: > > netbios name = <NAME_OF_THIS_MACHINE> > > Then rcsmb stop > rcnmb stop > (This stops the deamons) > > > Then testparm to see if you've done anything really stupid by accident. > > > Then rcsmb restart > rcnmb restart > > Should do it. > > This isn't usually necessary though. > > Yeah, I figured it out. I knew it was easy but I had some kind of mental block. Thanks to all who responded. Don Henson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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