February 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] GRUB menu.lst gotchas
by Rajko M. 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

I would like to hear your comments. -1------------------------------------------------------------------ title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,2) chainloader (hd0,0)+1 The rootnoverify should point to (hd0,0) as so far i know it tells GRUB not to verify windows partition. Currently it seems not needed by grub on desktop and laptop, but it will make problem if someone needs it. -2------------------------------------------------------------------ The other problem I can't see myself as my menu.lst on multiboot is on partition 3 and it is not updated by perl-Bootloader, but I have seen current 10.3 installation with this: title openSUSE 10.3 - 64 (boot) root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-...-part3 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd title openSUSE 10.3 - 64 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-...-part6 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd Above is example where I have 'root (hd0,5)' but configured with YaST it inserts 'root (hd0,2)'. What is the problem? If kernel versions are not the same on installation used as home for /boot directory, and the second installation, then the second installation will have problem to boot. I found that using menu.lst changed as above when kernel versions did not match, system booted, but with lot of complains about missing modules. -3------------------------------------------------------------------ On kernel update additional entry added by perl-Bootloader is exact kernel file name. I'm not sure where this might be helpful when another entry with symlink already exist, and symlink is changed to point to the same file. It just crowds menu.lst with redundancy. -- Regards, Rajko. See http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- 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 MX Revolution middle mouse button doesn't work
by Sven Panne 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

Hi, my problem in a nutshell: The middle mouse button of the Logitech MX Revolution mouse doesn't do anything on my openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 (X.org 7.2). The strange thing is that even the most obscure features like the thumb wheel *do* work (i.e. they send mouse button X events), but the middle mouse button doesn't send any X event (checked with 'xev'). The details: The MX Revolution is a wireless mouse with a small USB receiver. It is recognized by the kernel: ------------------------------------------------------------ panne@spock:~> cat /proc/bus/input/devices ... I: Bus=0003 Vendor=046d Product=c51a Version=0111 N: Name="Logitech USB Receiver" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0 S: Sysfs=/class/input/input2 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse0 event2 B: EV=7 B: KEY=ffff0000 0 0 0 0 B: REL=143 ... ------------------------------------------------------------ evdev-key-btn-test.c from http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=HOWTO%20Mouse%20… seems to indicate that evdev works, too: ------------------------------------------------------------ panne@spock:~> ./evdev-key-btn-test /dev/input/event2 Supported Keys: Key 0x110 (Left Button) Key 0x111 (Right Button) Key 0x112 (Middle Button) Key 0x113 (Side Button) Key 0x114 (Extra Button) Key 0x115 (Forward Button) Key 0x116 (Back Button) Key 0x117 (Task Button) Key 0x118 (Unknown key) Key 0x119 (Unknown key) Key 0x11a (Unknown key) Key 0x11b (Unknown key) Key 0x11c (Unknown key) Key 0x11d (Unknown key) Key 0x11e (Unknown key) Key 0x11f (Unknown key) Buttons/Keys: 16 Supported Relative axes: Relative axis 0x00 (X Axis) Relative axis 0x01 (Y Axis) Relative axis 0x06 (Horizontal Wheel) Relative axis 0x08 (Vertical Wheel) ------------------------------------------------------------ Using tips from the openSUSE wiki, I changed the InputDevice section in the X.org configuration as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------ panne@spock:~> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" Screen "Screen[0]" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" EndSection ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Driver "evdev" Option "Phys" "usb-*2-2/input0" Option "CorePointer" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection ... ------------------------------------------------------------ The relevant parts from the server log: ------------------------------------------------------------ panne@spock:~> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log ... (II) LoadModule: "evdev" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//input/evdev_drv.so (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7 ... (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (1). (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: Core Pointer (II) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: Found 4 relative axes. (II) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: Configuring as pointer. (**) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: HWHEELRelativeAxisButtons: 6 7. (**) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: WHEELRelativeAxisButtons: 4 5. (II) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: Found 16 mouse buttons (**) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: Configuring 4 relative axes. (II) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: Configured 20 mouse buttons (WW) <default pointer>: No Device specified, looking for one... (II) <default pointer>: Setting Device option to "/dev/input/mice" (--) <default pointer>: Device: "/dev/input/mice" (==) <default pointer>: Protocol: "Auto" (**) Option "AlwaysCore" (**) <default pointer>: always reports core events (==) <default pointer>: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) <default pointer>: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) <default pointer>: Buttons: 9 (**) <default pointer>: Sensitivity: 1 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "<default pointer>" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "evdev brain" (type: evdev brain) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard[0]" (type: KEYBOARD) (**) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: 4 valuators. (**) evdev_btn.c (166): Registering 20 buttons. (II) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: Init (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (2). (II) Mouse[1]-usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0: On (--) <default pointer>: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2" (II) <default pointer>: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded (II) evdev brain: Rescanning devices (3). ... ------------------------------------------------------------ (Hmmm... Why is there a warning? And why is Emulate3Buttons used? Specifying 'Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"' in the InputDevice section for the mouse doesn't seem to have any effect.) Using 'xev' I can see events for everything, but nothing when the middle mouse button (i.e. the wheel) is pressed. Any help would be highly appreciated. Cheers, S. Lesen Sie Ihre E-Mails auf dem Handy. www.yahoo.de/go -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Have a separate resolv.conf per interface
by Doctor Who 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

I'd like to know if it's possible with openSUSE to have a separate resolv.conf per interface. As way of example, if I'm one one network with wireless and another with my wired connection, I'd like to setup separate DNS entries for each of these interfaces. Is this possible and, if so, how? Thanks! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Is there a printing expert in the house?
by Stan Goodman 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

This is the second time I have sent this query, but have received no response. If nobody can help with it, I apologize for troubling the group with it. I am hoping that someone with insight into it overlooked it, thus the explicit appeal in the subject line. I won't send it again, of course, if nothing hapens this time. The problem that surfaced a couple of weeks ago, after the printer had been installed for months, and had been working well all that time. The printer is Brother HL-1250. It is on the network, connected through a H-P 175x external print server. The problem is that when I send it a print job, the job gets to the printer, the printer comes out of its standby mode and warms up, and sheets of paper come feeding out, but the job is not properly printed. Instead, there is only a bit of printing at the top before the page is ejected, following which another page comes out with the same printing at the top, and this can go on forever, or until I turn the printer off. The printing at the top is like so: %!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%BoundingBox: 0 0 420 595 %%HiResBoundingBox: 0 0 419.55 595.25 (I have compressed this horizontally, in order to avoid breaking lines. Actually, each of the second and third segments begins only just below the ending of the segment above, so that it is all spread across the top of the page.) I do not know why it speaks of Adobe 3.0. That has to be a remnant from something from long-ago in another OS. The CUPS page for this printer shows that this printer is: "idle, accepting jobs, published." The CUPS error log for the printing attempt is as follows: I [14/Feb/2008:20:12:28 +0200] Adding start banner page "none" to job 7. I [14/Feb/2008:20:12:28 +0200] Adding end banner page "none" to job 7. I [14/Feb/2008:20:12:28 +0200] Job 7 queued on "Brother" by "stan". I [14/Feb/2008:20:12:28 +0200] Started backend /usr/lib64/cups/backend/lpd (PID 6901) for job 7. I [14/Feb/2008:20:15:53 +0200] commptr="" I [14/Feb/2008:20:15:53 +0200] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=6982) I [14/Feb/2008:20:16:02 +0200] commptr="" I [14/Feb/2008:20:16:02 +0200] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi" (pid=6984) I [14/Feb/2008:20:16:02 +0200] commptr="1+0+4+requested-attributes=all" I [14/Feb/2008:20:16:02 +0200] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/daemon/cups-deviced" (pid=6985) E [14/Feb/2008:20:16:04 +0200] [CGI] Can't find HylaFAX program /usr/sbin/sendfax I do not know what the line about HylaFAX is at the end. HylaFAX is not present at all on the machine, although it was for a time. The problem began well before I ever downloaded HylaFAX. Printing was fine until a few weeks ago. I do not remember anything that has happened since related to the printer or to printing. Does anything above ring a bell for anyone? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- 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] HP Printer C4380
by Erik Jakobsen 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

jdd skrev: > Erik Jakobsen a écrit : > >> Which scanner is it that you use ?. > > hp4180 > > jdd Ok, I can see, that it needs the HPLIP ver.1.6.6. BTW my C4380 also have the save to card feature. Erik -- 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] HP Printer C4380
by Erik Jakobsen 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

jdd skrev: > > (...) > > just for the record, I have an HP printer all in one *not* network > capable connected to a very simple netserver (my adsl box from "free" > the french ISP). > > I can print on it from any 10.3 computer without problem, bt hp-tools > don't find it. > > I stopped trying to fix this when I notced that this printer have card > slots and allow *scanning to card*. When scanning it writes a jpeg > directly on any supported card (for me sd card). > > Given the scanner/printer is on an other floor, it's much simpler to > scan to card than to put the document, scan from the computer and go > back take the document :-)) > > just this capability was not written on the box and I got on it by > chance :-)) > > jdd > Which scanner is it that you use ?. Erik -- 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] HP Printer C4380
by Erik Jakobsen 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

Mike McMullin skrev: > > I went with their hp-lip, and it put the printer drivers (on my 10.1 > install) in a non-standard place. Hopefully you are fully up and flying > with your all-in-one. One question, what happens when you press the > scan button on the unit? The version that I have (stock 10.2 install) > ignores it, and I'm sorta hoping that you can now have it launch your > scanner software of choice. > > Mike > > Yes all is working here now with my C4380. If I press the scan in the HPLIP window, XSANE starts up, and then I press the SCAN button in XSANE, whereafter the scan itself starts, and at the end of the scan, the scanned document is shown in XSANE. Erik -- 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] Firefox update.
by Fred A. Miller 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

Basil Chupin wrote: > Fred A. Miller wrote: >> Basil Chupin wrote: >>> Fred A. Miller wrote: >>>> 'Still no FF update. When? >>>> >>>> Fred >>> >>> So, I am not the only one who didn't receive notification, by both >>> smart and zyppo, of the upgrade for FF until today. Most interesting. >> >> I just checked my version......have *.12. 'Must have come in and I >> didn't realize it. My bad. :( >> >> Fred > > But my observation still stands- both smart and zyppo informed me this > morning that there was a new copy of FF. No doubt that you did. I switched to using just Yast for updates with 10.3. When the new FF came in....I can't tell you. 'Must have been half asleep when I I did the update.........I don't allow auto updates. Fred -- "Security" in Windows comes from patching a sieve. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Parted question
by Hans defaber 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

Hello everybody, With the command parted - m /dev/sda > file.txt I get machinereadeble partition info. How can I use this info to recreate the partiontable. I want exact the same partitions on a new disk. In the man page I can't find how to use this machine readable output. Thanks, Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] VirtualBox OSE problmes with openSUSE 10.3
by Adam Jimerson 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

I installed VirtualBox OSE off the OSS repositories and I have all of its dependencies installed, or the ones that I know I was following the instructions from the VirtualBox End-User Guide and the wiki article about it http://en.opensuse.org/VirtualBox_Installation. After getting everything set up it works fine until I reboot my system, it seems the vboxdrv kernel module or /dev/vboxdrv does not like to stay installed on my system. In order to use VirtualBox I have to run the vboxdrv setup command everytime I restart or turn on my machine. If it wasn't for the fact that I have VirtualBox installed on a laptop instead of a desktop I would take the easy way out and only restart my system for kernel updates. I noticed that along with the kernel update today there was the KMP package and the kernel module package for VirtualBox caught my eye saying that it fixed three problems, none of the three fixes help out in my case. Here is the full error: VirtualBox - Error Failed to start the virtual machine Ubuntu 7.10. VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Re-setup the kernel module by executing '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' as root. VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED). Result Code: 0x80004005 Component: Console Interface: IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4192-b909-22330f64ec45} The version of VirtualBox OSE (and related tools/packages) I have installed is: VirtualBox OSE 1.5.2-10.2 VirtualBox-guest-tools 1.5.2-10.2 VirtualBox-kmp-default 1.5.2_2.6.22.17_0.1-10.3 xorg-x11-driver-virtualbox 1.5.2-10.2 Looking at this raises a question about the version numbers, mainly the 10.x part. Does the -10.2 mean that I have 10.2 packages installed for VirtualBox under my 10.3 system? The only OSS repo I have on my system is the 10.3 one, so if I am right on my clueless guess then that means that the only part of VirtualBox that has been packaged for 10.3 is the kmp-default package and this will not have any effect on VirtualBox's over all preformace right?

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