January 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] KDE3 KDE4 mix
by Bob S 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Hello SuSE people, Running 10.3 64 bit. KDE3.5.7 The other night I did the install of KDE4 to see what it was like (Pretty,,, but has a loooong way to go for usability) Anyway, on to the KDE3 KDE4 mix strangeness... I do use the command line quite a bit but I prefer the GUI so that my old brain can keep track of things. Whenever I need to do something as root I fire up kdesu konqueror, log on as root, make my changes, whatever and close it down. I did that earlier this evening and what to my surprise is that I got a KDE4 Konqueror. ????? Strange !! To satisfy my curiousity I fired up several other apps using kdesu - kwite, gwenview, etc. They ALL started as KDE4 apps. So then I logged out of my user session logged on as root and checked the apps inside the root session. They all showed up as KDE3.5.7 Logged off as root, logged back in my user session and retried my kdesu commands again. All KDE4 apps !!! They all worked OK except with the limitations of the KDE4 desktop Hope that's not going to be a problem down the road. Looks like a strange bug to me. Anybody else see this strange behavior? Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ATI 8.452 driver, Compiz: Frozen Alt+F2 Run Command Dialog
by David C. Rankin 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Listmates, I am experiencing some quirks with the new ATI 8.1 (8.452) driver and compiz-fusion on 10.3. Of note are: (1) Invoking the run command with Alt+F2 correctly opens the run dialog, but the cursor is frozen and will not take any input _until_ the "Options" button is clicked or activated with Alt+o. Then the cursor begins blinking normally and input is possible. If the options pane is closed before a character is input the cursor freezes again and disables and keyboard input. If any input is made in the command line input field while the option pane is open, then it may be closed and text input can continue. I don't even know where do begin on this one. Any thoughts? Probably related: (2) Occasionally, when activating a dialog, the dialog box appears, but the box is missing the text and control buttons. The is random in occurrence and relatively infrequent. (twice in the past 2 days). Generally, closing the dialog and re-invoking it will correct the problem. Again, I don't have any clue where to start on this one. What says the brain trust? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.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] How to Set Netbios Name
by Donald D Henson 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

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 -- 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] Swap Partitions with two versions of openSUSE
by Russ Fineman 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

On Sunday 27 January 2008 12:22:40 pm you wrote: <snip> > > I presently have openSUSE 10.2 installed on sdb1,2,3. I'm wanting to > > install openSUSE 11.0 on sdc1,2, 3. When I get into the installer and > > setup the partitions it still wants to use the swap partition on sdb1. > > How can I have separate swap partitions for each version or can I? > > I think you need to learn how swap is used. If you create a new swap > partition _both_ installations will _use_ _both_ swap partitions. So if the > first swap partition is large enuf, you do not need to create another. > > HTH > ne... </snip> Thanks. I guess I did not understand how swap was used. I will see if I can enlarge the first one. If not I may delete it and create a new one that will handle both. -- Russ Linux register user 441463 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Swap Partitions with two versions of openSUSE
by Russ Fineman 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

This is my first time trying to install two versions of openSUSE. I have two seperate 320GB SATA drives. Also an unused 120GB ide drive. 4 GB memory, 3.4 MHZ P4 processor. I presently have openSUSE 10.2 installed on sdb1,2,3. I'm wanting to install openSUSE 11.0 on sdc1,2, 3. When I get into the installer and setup the partitions it still wants to use the swap partition on sdb1. How can I have separate swap partitions for each version or can I? Google showed a lot on partitions but nothing to help with the installer. A link to a how to would be great. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks -- Russ Linux register user 441463 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] permission denied on nfs mount attempts on 10.2
by Felix Miata 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

I did a few updates with YaST yesterday, including samba 3.0.28 from suse.com/projects. Now the system is refusing all NFS connects that always just worked before. showmount -e shows the usual output. Files changed in /etc are X11, postfix, pam.d, slp.red.d, xinetd.d, init.d, logrotate.d, samba, mtab, fstab, papersize, xpdfrc.cjk.auto, & ld.so.cache. /var/log/YaST2/y2logRPM shows only a few files: kdebase3, samba, kdebase3-samba, kdelibs3, dmapi, libsmbclient & samba-client. /var/log/YaST2/y2log is huge, and I don't know anything understanable to look for that might help in it. /etc hosts, hosts.allow & hosts.deny haven't changed. chkconfig shows SuSEfirewall* is 100% off. So far a search in the mailing list archives isn't helping. What could have broken NFS mounting? -- "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- 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] Root antivir ?.
by Erik Jakobsen 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

Joe Sloan wrote: > So it actually runs, but you are curious about the error? > > ISTR something about an environment variable SLOPPY_LOCK or similar, > which some have reported success with. > > It sounds like this antivir is basically a curiosity - OTOH if your > system is a server to windows clients, then there is a need for AV- but > clamscan is better suited to scripted checks, and samba has hooks into > clamav for real time "on access" scanning, so that's probably your best > bet anyway. > > > > Yes Joe it runs. No it's not a server. It's a workstation. Maybe I shall migrate to clamav. -- Venlig hilsen - Best regards - Erik Jakobsen Licensed HAM-RADIO with the callsign OZ4KK http://www.urbakken.dk Registered Linux user #114875 with 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] openSUSE To the Rescue!
by Kai Ponte 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

Just thought y'all would get a kick out of this: On my business laptop, I'm running Vista with an openSUSE 10.3 VM appliance. I downloaded about 21G of files from our corporate network for me to use at home. I have a 500G USB drive here that I use to store stuff on. Well, I copied the files and went to paste them on the USB drive in Vista. After about ten minutes, I noticed the progress bar was still calculating the time to copy and had a current estimate of 74 hours. I cancelled the process and fired up the VMWare session of openSUSE. I then opened up the host drive via smb and the usb drive. I started copying. 40 minutes later, the process was complete. Go openSUSE! -- k www.filesite.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] (no subject)
by Kermit Mei 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

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[opensuse] Corrupted display coming out of sleep.
by Tom Cada 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

I have a HP DV9000 series notebook which uses a Nvidia GEForce 6150 video card. I am currently running kernel 2.6.22.13-0.3x86_64. I updated the drivers using the "one click" install from the openSUSE community web site. The new driver version is Nvidia 169.07. Now, when the video goes to sleep say with a close of the notebook case, when the case is re-opened, the display is not repainted properly but is completely corrupted. I have to restart the X server using <ctrl><alt><backspace> and log in again to get the proper display. The same think happens when the display is shut down by the power control process. I have looked at the logs and dmesg and can find no errors but may be looking at the wrong files. My questions are: 1. Should I post this problem to the Nvidia site?. 2. Can I regress the drivers to the prior properly working drivers (Version: 100.14.19) using Nvidia's driver install process of running a shell script. 3. If I do item 2 am I just digging the hole deeper? Any thoughts or assistance will be gratefully received. Thanks... Tom Cada -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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