December 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] 11.1 upgrade on md raid root fails to boot
by Joe Morris 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

Well, i have managed to get enough info to know this is bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445490, which says it is resolved, but obviously not in the GM version of packages. Unfortunately, I cannot see what was needed to fix this, as I get an access denied when clicking on https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435778 at the end (where the fix was supposed to be). Is there an update of mkinitrd, or udev, or something to fix this? I upgraded from 10.3 yesterday, but not being able to boot after it was finished was a real problem. I was finally able to boot installed system (hidden in the repair tools) to be able to boot again and was able to find the above bug report and found out with a few tweaks I could eventually boot up by hitting Ctrl-D to seemingly exit the bootup system. I have been running mdraid 1 since 8.0, and mdraid 1 roots since 9.1 IIRC, but this was the hardest to figure out, and appears to be a problem that is quite old ( http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2008-08/msg07297.html ). I would really appreciate it if anyone knows how I can repair the boot process in 11.1 so boot.md does not fail, and I do not need to hit Ctrl-D to be able to boot? BTW, I have a mdraid root and home, and yesterday trying to repair it I was seeing it go from md0 & md1 to md126 and md127, trying the repair option was a disaster, as it fscked the individual disk, which failed (and I canceled, but that I eventually figured out had somehow split the 2 partitions to one disk was md125_0 and the other md127_0. It was bizarre. Seems the mdraid part of 11.1 has some real problems this time around (and the server at our office has 4 mdraid devices, not looking forward to that upgrade). Does anyone know if this was worse because of the upgrade path (or in other words, has anyone installed 11.1 on a mdraid root device and did not have problems)? TIA for any help. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Controlling zypper's Timedout when it is updating -- REPOST
by Basil Chupin 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

When zypper is downloading upgrades in YaST2 (Online Update), a loss ofconnection to the internet can occur or some other hiccup where zypper either cannot connect to the URL or it cannot get the filename to download. When this occurs zypper sits around for seems like an eternity doing nothing and then announces that an error occurred; it expects a click of the mouse on the OK button after which another window comes up giving you the chance to Retry etc. In 99+% of cases simply clicking on Retry get zypper to get on with the job. This sitting around doing nothing is a PITA for 'hours' - and there is nothing that one can do except to wait until zypper decides to advise you that an error occurred. The ABORT button does not work so one just sits and waits. (Of course, there is always the drastic step of CTRL-ALT-ESC to exit zypper.) Somewhere there must be timer setting which controls how long zypper keeps trying to resume its task. Does anyone know where this setting is located so that the user can set the timeout period. Nothing I can see in zypper help and nothing shows up in /etc/zypp. Can anyone provide an answer, please? Ciao. -- Be nice to people on your way up - you'll see the same people on your way down. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Samba Question
by Donald D Henson 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

I can't seem to find the answer to the following question, not even in "Samba for Dummies". I guess the question is too simple. Anyway... Is it okay to have more than one samba server in a given local network? Or put another way... Do you need a samba server on each linux machine that wants to serve shares? Responses appreciated. -- Don Henson

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[opensuse] openSUSE 11.1 - of grub,md/lvm root, and related headaches
by Moby 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

I have had a system running fine since oss 10.1 (upgraded from there on to the current nightmare that is 11.1). Here is the system disk layout: Two 300 GB SATA hard drives - sda and sdba sda1 and sdb1 are 130 MG, them mirrored using md raid into /dev/md0. /dev/md0 has ext3 mounted as /boot. sda2 and sdb2 are 1 GB, then mirrored using md raid into /dev/md1. /dev/md1 is swap. sda3 and sdb3 are 274 GB, then mirrored using md raid into /dev/md2. /dev/md2 has lvm on it, with / being /dev/system/system. Grub installed in mbr of sda. This system has been running great. I upgraded in-place from 11.0 to 11.1, and everything was still fine. Then I built a custom kernel (as I have done with all other versions - the only thing I change is set the processor type). During the custom kernel install phase, make modules_install worked fine, but I noticed some weird device-mapper "no such file or device" error message during make install. I did not think much of it (probably a BIG mistake). Verified new vmlinuz and initrd were in place and /boot/grub/menu.lst looked kosher. Rebooted the system, and it went to pot. On reboot, the machine displays the word "GRUB" and just hangs there. Only thing I can do at that point is to reboot. Booted from 11.1 install disk, went into "repair installed system", no joy - this "repair installed system" did not see any md devices, nor any lvs. Booted from 11.1 install disk, went into rescue mode. I was able to mount all my partitions successfully, I was able to chroot to my original root, go into yast etc. I reinstalled grub to mbr of sda, no errors. I googled and found a fix for the device mapper errors during mkinitrd (it had to do with a bug in Tools.pm), re-made and installed the kernel etc. Rebooted the system, same behavior, it just hangs after printing GRUB. At this point, I have done about everything I can think of to revive it to no joy. Finally I made a grub boot CD, and have it use the kernel and initrd in place on the hard drives, and the system comes up fine. I am completely lost as to why grub will not boot from the HDD. I have tried reinstalled Grub to theMBR, as well as to the boot sector of the active parition (/dev/sda1) to no avail. During googling for solutions, I read bits and pieces about how oss 11.1 uses a different mechanism for mkinitrd, something about relying on device mapper etc. While I do not fully understand what the changes are, I hope someone on the list does and can readily see what could be ailing my system and suggest a way out. In the meantime, the system continues to run after booting from a CD. Thanks in advance for any help, -- --Moby They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wolfgang - 11.0 Tbird, any way to assign the 'del' key to 'd' for messages view?
by David C. Rankin 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

List (mostly for Wolfgang): On 11.0 in thunderbird is there any way to assign 'del' to the 'd' key to make the 'd' key work as delete while in the message view window? Any of your brilliant: gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command blah blah commands up your sleeve? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 www.rankinlawfirm.com | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small -- 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 Graphics Cards on openSuse
by Jim Flanagan 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Greetings all, I have moved away from ATi cards for a year or so now, and am considering upgrading the card on one box. Before I blindly go out a get an Nvidia card I wanted to check here to see if the situation with the Ati drivers had improved. Does anyone have any recent experiences with these newer card and openSuse, good or bad. Thanks, Jim F -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] madwifi RPMS for 11.1 (temporary)
by David C. Rankin 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Listmates, With the trouble getting my Toshiba Atheros wireless working and without madwifi rpms available, I built a set from the latest svn build of madwifi and created a repository for 11.1. I only have 256K of upstream bandwidth, so if anyone else wants to copy them and host them until the Buildservice rpms are done, that would help. You can find the repository and a bit of additional information here: http://www.3111skyline.com/linux/openSuSE111-install.php#madwifi -- 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] Tymeshare ??
by James Hatridge 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Hi all, I worked for Tymeshare back around 1980 in Dallas. Does anyone know what happened to this company? Thanks, JIMm -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.WartHogBulletin.de Many Enemies -- Much Honor! Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.manyenemies-muchhonor.info An American in Bavaria http://www.gaubodengalerie.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] KDE Control Login manager module messes up config file
by Joop Beris 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Hello listmates, openSUSE 11.1, KDE 4.1.3: Using the KDE Control Center, the Login Manager module, I got the KDM config file messed up: /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. kdm_config now complains in /var/log/messages about multiple occurrences of the following keys: Languages ShowUsers Theme UseBackground UseTheme I have to go in there by hand to fix it up. It seems to me that this module shouldn't leave kdmrc in a state of mess. Joop ------------------------------------------------------------ Dit bericht is gescand op virussen en andere gevaarlijke inhoud door MailScanner en lijkt schoon te zijn. Mailscanner door http://www.prosolit.nl Professional Solutions fot IT -- 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 11, KDE 3.5...best way to get KDE 4.1 running?
by Joop Beris 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Hello listmates, I am happily running an installation of openSUSE 11 on this machine, with KDE 3.5. Everything works nice and I'm really satisfied with the system. However..in the future, I will probably want to move to KDE 4.1. (or .2). What is the best way to get KDE 4 running along KDE 3.5? Should I use the 1-Click Installer? Should I add repos and install it from there? If I want a stable KDE 4 desktop, with regular updates, which repos should I add? Stable? Factory? Questions, questions, questions... The main goal is to give KDE 4 a good, stable run, work with it, get the feel of it. I'll try to create a coherent report of my findings too. So in a nutshell, how do I get the best KDE 4 experience? Thanks for your suggestions! Joop

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