May 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] compaq 8510 mic not working
by Niels CCM Moes 12 May '08

12 May '08

Dear all, Just bought a HP compaq 8510w. Installed SuSE 10.3, but do get internal or external microphone working. Is there anyone knowing a clue to solve this problem? Thanks, Niels -- 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] damaged reiserfs - how to repair - SOLVED
by Vahe Avedissian 12 May '08

12 May '08

Hi Jdd: >>> My setup is not complicated at all. >>well somewhat unusual, though :-) >> I have M$N on one HD attached to the mobo >>what win version? is this win using home and/or data? I am running, at present, XP x32. Since M$N does not ship the 3ware drivers as part of the windoz install CD I do *not* install them. That way, M$N does not know what device is in the PC nor that it is a raid card. Hopefully, this is enough "security" to prevent M$N messing with my raid arrays... My linux system of course can access the M$N partitions just fine. >>, a huge raid array (3ware) with >>> 2 partitions: home and data. >>what interface? (ata/ide, SCSI, sata?) >>what formating for partitions? ext3? if so they *are* linux partitions The directly connected (sata drives) as well as the raid arrays are appearing as SCSI devices (/dev/sdX) as far as I can tell. I've been using reiserfs exclusively but am beginning to test out an xfs filesystem on a spare linux partition. >> My linux partitions are on another single HD >>you probably mean "root" (/). I have separate partitions for /, swap, /tmp, (/home and /data are each on separate raid arrays) etc... >>. The only irreplaceable data are on >>> home and 'data' partitions. >>> >>> The only problem with backing up about 2TB of data is I need to get another set of drives and LVM or raid them >>> to ~2TB as well. Seems too costly, but the alternative might be far costlier... >>what kind of data? is that one only big file (database?) or a lot of >>small files? The data partition has a fair number of large video files, but also contains many smaller raw data files images. Most of this is related to video and image processing work. >>isn't it possible to backup them on usb drive? 1Tb drives are not that >>expensive Yes it is possible. The home and data partitions together are ~3TB, though the total used space is just over 1TB. If I want to totally accommodate both partitions I need to setup about 3TB of USB backup storage or one USB drive per partition. Total cost about USD$500. Certainly doable. Vahe ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Setting up new email server on 10.3
by Jim Flanagan 12 May '08

12 May '08

Hi all, I'm getting around to setting up my email server on opensuse 10.3 to migrate from an older setup. Its a clean 10.3 install. I've used postfix-cyrus imap-amavis-spamassassin-sieve in the past and like that setup. I'd like to have email users separate from local users. At present I only have one local user, but may have a few family members use this machine with their own logins at some point. I plan to have approx 10 to 20 email users, so this is no big install, just my home email server. Looking at yast to set up the MTA, it offers to set postfix up to auth against an LDAP server and offers to set up that as a local LDAP. That sounds interesting, but I don't need anything else to use LDAP except posftix and imap. Is this the best way to accomplish what I want, or is using another method of authing my email users better, and what would that be? Many 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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Re: [opensuse] Preferred PDF Reader
by Fergus Wilde 12 May '08

12 May '08

On Monday 12 May 2008 11:46, ba <ampster40(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mon, 12 May 2008 09:18:00 +0100 > > Fergus Wilde <fwilde(a)chethams.org.uk> wrote: > > On Sunday 11 May 2008 17:05, JB2 wrote: > > > On 10 May 08, Gabriel Stein wrote: > > > > On KDE 4 - openSUSE 10.3, I´m using Okular... but... is so > > > > important to use a universal PDF reader, to work with all PDF > > > > documents. Adobe Reader is a good choice. > > > > > > Please don't top-post. > > > > Oh, nice, this again. I thought it hadn't had an airing for a week or > > two. > > added your address to the shitcan for the worthless remark to the list. > > Have a nice life. I'll try to return the favour. Good luck with the forty-seventh iteration of the top posting is good / bad debate, assuming that in the last ten years of list membership I managed to see the first. You make sure to enjoy your life, too, won't you? -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: 0161 834 7961 Fax: 0161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk -- 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-beta2-PPC DVD image
by Indhu Durai 12 May '08

12 May '08

Hi all, Could anyone successfully install the Power machine with Opensuse-11-beta2-PPC DVD image? I am getting 'No Operating Systems Installed' error and not booting with DVD. Can anyone pls help me out with this issue? Regards, Indhu D -- 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] (solved) help please - message log and wifi link loss - what does this mean?
by Peter Breger 12 May '08

12 May '08

Jerry Feldman wrote: > On Tue, 06 May 2008 20:59:58 +0200 > Peter Breger <peter.breger(a)skynet.be> wrote: > >> Jerry Feldman wrote: >>> On Mon, 5 May 2008 14:25:46 -0700 >>> "John Andersen" <jsamyth(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> wrote: >>>>> One issue I see is that you are using ndiswrapper and a broadcom >>>>> wireless. At lease since 10.2, SuSE and other versions of Linux have a >>>>> native broadcom driver. Additionally, you would need to get the latest >>>>> version of fwcutter, and install the firmware, usually >>>>> into /lib/firmware either under the kernel of into /lib/firmware/b43. I >>>>> no longer run SuSE on my laptop (because of a work requirement to use >>>>> Ubuntu), but when it ran SuSE 10.2 I found the native driver to work >>>>> rather well, and more reliably than ndiswrapper. IMHO, you should run >>>>> ndiswrapper only if you have no other option. >>>> First, please don't top post on this list. >>>> >>>> Second, I've used ndiswrapper for years and never had this problem. >>>> Its utterly reliable. >>>> >>>> The problem is appearing at dhcp renewal time. Machine changes its name >>>> (a dhcp option that should not be used), and this causes all sorts of issues >>>> of connectivity. >>> Sorry for the top post. I usually try to follows the conventions of the >>> list. >>> >>> I used to use ndiswrapper myself, but it has been implicated in many >>> problems over the years. The newer broadcom drivers are more reliable, >>> and while ndiswrapper does work, and possibly is not a problem on your >>> system, there are some other things I may have pointed out. Try >>> disabling your firewall temporarily and see if that has any affect on >>> the connectivity. Additionally, are you able to get the wireless back >>> by temporarily taking ndiswrapper down with rmmod and then bringing it >>> back up with insmod or modprobe. Have you used iwconfig manually. >> Mmmh - partial success in that the link ran for 30 mins of ping at 1 min >> intervals, then no more. Had to use the taking ndiswrapper down with >> rmmod and then bringing it back up with modprobe and repeated replugging >> of card to re-instate contact. >> Now failed after 2 mins. Cannot find error messages in message log file >> of any event corresponding to 30 mins run or now 2 mins run. Any error >> log from ifup available? > > No. But go back to see if there is any issue with the bc43xx driver. > Thanks for all help suggestions. Problem is now solved indeed. The failure in terms of first not being able to connect at all was the dhcp renewal with hostname. Once that box was unticked, connection was possible, but hung up every now and then, surfing really not possible. I finally managed to trace that to a hardware problem of dodgy pcmcia card - travelled too much with it in pocket, I guess, and now it has bad connection inside. Applying pressure/bending made it work for a while ... then disconnects. Bought a DLink DWL-G630 card - uninstalled driver (ndiswrapper -e lsbcmnds)and re-installed ndiswrapper with the new windows driver supplied (card version E2 F/W Ver 5.00), using (ndiswrapper -i NetRt61G.inf) - and after some reboots and fiddling with Yast the connection was finally recognised. Now wifi link to Access Point works like a charm! Next project coming up soon - how to connect to the windows network ... for file sharing... Thanks again - and for others who stumble upon it - Dell Latitude C400 works great with DLink DWL-G630 card and Suse 10.3! Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Configuring the choice of apps for a DVD
by Stan Goodman 12 May '08

12 May '08

When I insert a DVD into the drive, I am offered a choice of appropriate apps, one of which (K3b) claims to be able to play it. But trying it gets a message telling me that K3b nevertheless can't. I really want to use MPlayer, which is installed, but it isn't in the list. An attempt at configuring the list did not show any way to add MPlayer, and using the "Help" button got only the information that there is no help available. I have played DVDs previously with MPlayer on this machine, and I know that I was able to chose MPlayer on this Index. I have no idea why it is absent from the list now. How does one add an application to the list? -- 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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[opensuse] Photo Albums
by Jerry Feldman 12 May '08

12 May '08

There are a number of photo album software available on Linux, such as Kphotoalbum or Jalbum. What I am looking for is a way to easily create a photo album of a trip containing about 500 jpegs. The problem at hand is not so much finding an album for my own use, but I want to create a CD to send to my very computer challenged brother-in-law. I've used Jalbum before and have created a nice slide show. The second part of this is slightly OT for SuSE, but I want to put these pictures up on a public site. Most of the sites require an individual upload. What I want to do is to upload the entire directory. I tried Pixamo a while back, while I could upload a whole directory tree, I had to validate each picture. Google's Picasa also requires a single photo at a time. -- -- Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

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[opensuse] Failure to replace an icon
by Stan Goodman 12 May '08

12 May '08

I want to try again to resolve the following problem: I have placed in a desktop Panel symbolic links for two Java applications. They display generic icons, which I would like to replace with more intuitive icons; one of these is a PNG file, the other an ICO. I have tried to make the replacement by clicking MB2 on the button in the Panel, then on Configure the button, and dragging the new icon to the existing image in the configuration window. This causes the cursor to be accompanied by a little "Do Not Enter" icon, and the replacement has failed. What am I doing wrong? I have in the past replaced two other icons in this Panel by doing the same thing, so something must have changed. -- 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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[opensuse] decrypting LUKS partitions without passphrase
by PaulFransen 12 May '08

12 May '08

Hi all, I have my root, swap and home partitions encrypted with LUKS as described in http://en.opensuse.org/Encrypted_Root_File_System and it works great on openSUSE 10.3. When I fire up my computer, I have to enter three passphrases to decrypt the three partitions. This is of course unavoidable for the root partition but it should be possible to use keys stored on this partition to decrypt the swap and home partitions and thus to avoid entering two more passphrases. I tried to accomplish this for the swap partition by dd if=/dev/random of=/etc/keys/swap.key bs=1 count=256 cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/sda6 /etc/keys/swap.key and then putting the follwing line in /etc/crypttab: swap /dev/sda6 /etc/keys/swap.key luks but at boot time, the systems keeps asking for three passphrases. Am I overlooking something? Regards, Paul. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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