May 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Connecting to WiFi
by A. den Oudsten 14 May '08

14 May '08

I want to connect my Aspire 5315, provided with an Ethernet Network Card, In Vista it's no problem but in suse 10.3 I miss a Yast module for such a job. Can anybody tell me the steps I have to take to come to a solution? I'm a user of OpenSUSE sinds long, but no developer. Thanks in advance. André den Oudsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

5 10

[opensuse]Powersave on Thinkpad 390x
by Larry Stotler 14 May '08

14 May '08

I have a Thinkpad 390X(P3/650 speedstep running at 500Mhz). With v10.3 and v11.0Beta2, the powersave function wouldn't work unless I added acpi=force to the boot command line. So far, the power saving functions do work properly. The only known issue is that the kpowersaved icon in the system tray seems to always show that the ac adapter is connected. I don't know if this is worthy of a bug report or not, and was wondering if anyone was using a similar Thinkpad and had encountered the same issue. the 570e, 600e, 600x, and 390e seem to all use similar hardware. Also, the local APIC isn't enabled. Would there be any benefit to enabling it. There seems to be a PM-Timer bug on this machine and it says to try other clock sources.....no sure what to try. Thanx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

1 0

[opensuse] Sandy, could you check the mail section (section 8) of my howto
by David C. Rankin 14 May '08

14 May '08

Sandy, this didn't get to you directly, so I'm posting to the list. I posted a very quick reference for server setup on openSuSE to the list a week or so ago. Can I get you to check the mail section: 8. mail (Postfix with UW imap or Dovecot) at http://www.3111skyline.com/download/linux/howto/openSuSE-10.3_Server-Setup (Just make sure I'm not section 8) If anything jumps out at you, just let me know and I'll change it. If you think something should be added, same applies, just let me know and I'll make the changes. I would like for this to be a reliable, although abbreviated, reference. Thanks! -- 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

1 0

[opensuse] Suse 10.3 sata install doesn't boot
by John 14 May '08

14 May '08

I'm dual booting with xp. Xp installed to hdd(1) not 0 and is perfectly happy there. I also have a linux swap partition on disc 1. Disc 0 has a small ntfs partition and the main linux partition. Home is mapped to a separate hard raid array which was formatted and preloaded with data. The linux partitions were created and formated by installs that failed with a grub error - can't write to disc. I had several failures and tried a number of times and eventually for some unknown reason the install managed to get through the boot install part and rebooted. One noticeable thing was that it did not make any use of the existing swap partition and I had to manually remap it. On the install that rebooted it used it without any intervention from me. I have no idea why. Then came the problem. It didn't boot to suse. XP came up instead. No sign of the suse boot menu. I just happen to have an ancient copy of bootmagic so I installed that to C assuming that would boot. It didn't XP still came up. I swapped the boot priority over in the bios and low up came bootmagic. Booted suse and up came the menu and the install completed. It even changed the ownership of my old home directory and all worked ok. Rebooted and tried the windoze entry in bootmagic. Got a can't find ntldr message. Rebooted and this time went to suse. Suse bless it's cotton socks had created 2 windows menu entries even though only one of them could boot. Neither worked. Up comes grubs hard drive mapping bits and then the message can't find ntldr. (That's windozes boot manager.) Grub looks for it and starts it. I strongly suspect that this is all down to the suse installer assuming things without actually checking aggravated by xp not being on disc 0 but maybe booting from it in some fashion. Having made at least 3 xp installs and a lot more linux installs I don't want to do anymore. How do I get my machine to work with both xp and suse. John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

2 1

[opensuse] Yast2 bug in OpenSUSE 10.3, crashes when cancel install of packages and retry
by name 14 May '08

14 May '08

Hi, Yast2 crashes when I try to install a package and enter "cancel" instead of "accept" and go back into Yast2 to try to find some other package to install. This happens on OpenSUSE 10.3 and it looks like it is a repeatable event. This should be fixed for OpenSUSE 11.0 release, if it is not know already. A bug report tool window pops up, but it is not fully functional yet. To repeat this crash in Yast2: open Yast2, Software Management, install or remove a package that will make Yast2 prompt you for resolver input, tell Yast2 to "apply", and when Yast2 asks you for input then "cancel" and go back to select some additional packages and Yast2 will crash. A typical request from Yast2 will be to either not install the package, ignore the dependency, generally ignore the dependency, or install it anyway. There might be a more technical name for this resolver input request by Yast2. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

2 1

[opensuse] Confused about dmraid and mdadm
by David C. Rankin 14 May '08

14 May '08

Listmates, I have 2 10.3 boxes with software raid and I can't figure out why dmraid works/reports correctly on one and does not report the array present on the other. Both boxes work just fine. Box 1 has no /proc/dmstat and box 2 does. Box 2 has an /etc/mdadm.conf, box 1 doesn't. What in the heck is going on?. Here is the setup on box 1: [23:32 nirvana/home/david/linux/apps/rpncalc-1.36] # dmraid -r /dev/sda: nvidia, "nvidia_hacfgfda", mirror, ok, 976773166 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sdb: nvidia, "nvidia_hacfgfda", mirror, ok, 976773166 sectors, data@ 0 [23:35 nirvana/home/david/linux/apps/rpncalc-1.36] # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/nvidia_hacfgfda_part7 32G 7.5G 23G 25% / udev 1007M 140K 1007M 1% /dev /dev/mapper/nvidia_hacfgfda_part5 69M 26M 40M 40% /boot /dev/mapper/nvidia_hacfgfda_part8 425G 111G 293G 28% /home This box has no /proc/dmstat or /etc/mdadm.conf Box 2: root@trinity:/array1/backup/srv/www/download/programming/bash # dmraid -r No RAID disks root@trinity:/array1/backup/srv/www/download/programming/bash # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5 18G 9.4G 7.3G 57% / udev 1014M 112K 1014M 1% /dev /dev/sdb2 24G 8.8G 14G 40% /home /dev/sda1 40G 9.7G 30G 25% /windows/C /dev/sdb1 15G 948M 14G 7% /windows/D /dev/md0 459G 735M 435G 1% /array1 root@trinity:/array1/backup/srv/www/download/programming/bash # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] md0 : active raid1 sdc1[0] sdd1[1] 488383864 blocks super 1.0 [2/2] [UU] bitmap: 0/466 pages [0KB], 512KB chunk unused devices: <none> root@trinity:/array1/backup/srv/www/download/programming/bash # cat /etc/mdadm.conf DEVICE partitions ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 UUID=32bff6c8:cc47f6d9:3f031b68:177fea11 The raid on both boxes were set up with yast. Done the same way. Why does box 2 say "No RAID disks"? Is it because box 1 has openSuSE installed on the array and box 2 just has the array as storage? Lost again... -- 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

1 0

[opensuse] Adaptec makes low-end RAID gear ROC hard
by Fred A. Miller 14 May '08

14 May '08

Some have been looking for supported RAID, so I posted this news here. Fred http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/14/adaptec_series_2_raid/ -- MickySoft Aims to Lasso Everything With Live Mesh. What will get "lassoed" is your private data as hackers, virus and trojan writers have a field day! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

1 0

[opensuse] Using 32 bit apps on 64bit 10.3
by John 14 May '08

14 May '08

I have had one or two problems with 64bit apps and updates. The update seems to insist on using 64bit even when there isn't one available and if I want to install something eg KHexedit I get the 64bit KDE 4 version. It has problems. There seems to be no way of asking for 32bit apps or am I missing something? John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

3 2

[opensuse] RPM Question
by Cornelius Franken 14 May '08

14 May '08

Hi All Can I use RPM install from opensuse without having an active internet Connection on my machine? Regards Neil ----------------------------------------- Engen Petroleum Limited, disclaims liability for any loss, damage or expense however caused, arising from the sending, receipt, or use of this e-mail and on any reliance placed upon the information provided through this service and does not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information. Please visit http://www.engen.co.za/home/server/common/disclaimer.asp to view the full disclaimer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

4 6

[opensuse] Renaming Printers on 10.3
by Dave Cotton 14 May '08

14 May '08

I'm just about to upgrade a 10.1 system to 10.3, this system runs LTSP and each terminal has it's own printer. With 10.1 it is possible to choose a name for the printers, therefore they can be described by their location. With 10.3 yast uses the name of the driver and there is no way within Yast to change the name. Anyone got a work around? Rgds Dave Cotton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

4 9