May 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Why opensuse 11 doesn't start kde spontaneously, and fails to shutdown?
by Julien Michielsen 10 May '08

10 May '08

When I start my opensuse 11 I first get the message "can't start window- manager. please install one". Subsequently I issue the startkde-command, and everything works fine. I'm fed up having to give this command every time again, and wonder why this won't execute automatically. In addition it frustrates the shutdown procedure. When I want to "leave" the machine does not shutdown, but only stops the kde-script. I then need to go to a console (ALT_CTL_-F2) and give the three finger salute. -- Julien Michielsen julien_at_michkloo.xs4all.nl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Fwd: Beta2 and mounting /tmp via tmpfs
by Jan Ritzerfeld 10 May '08

10 May '08

Hey, since no one answered me in opensuse-factory, I try it here: Using 10.3, I added two lines to /etc/fstab, effectively moving /tmp and /var/tmp to ram via tmpfs: tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,nosuid,noexec,nodev 0 0 tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,nosuid,noexec,nodev 0 0 Using 11.0 Beta2 and the same lines on /etc/fstab, I can successfully mount /tmp and /var/tmp. However, on a reboot, they do not get automatically mounted---in contrast to 10.3. Any ideas? Gruß Jan -- Character is what you know you are, not what others think you are. -- 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 and dmraid (was about 10.3 installation on a board with ICH7R software raid)
by Per Jessen 10 May '08

10 May '08

As far as I can tell, from 2.4 to 2.6, the Linux support of various built-in RAID chips was moved from the kernel to dmraid. I haven't looked at dmraid in much detail (as I don't use this type of RAID), but it was installed on my latest 10.3 by default, and according to the man page it supports eg. Intel Software RAID. I was just wondering if dmraid is used/supported by openSUSE during installation? /Per Jessen, Zürich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Filesystems support
by Hechler Family 10 May '08

10 May '08

OK, I get that the default filesystem has been switched from reiser to ext3. I just an average home user but I want to get the max freespace out of the partition. Is there any reason why I can't keep using the reiserfs ? (When I tried to use ext3 on the same partition, I lost about 5% freespace even with the use of the -m0 flag.) Also, I understand it's not being supported except for bug fixes. What are the plans for the future ? Thanks, Duaine (Confused) -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)charter.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 9+ years -- 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 launch Chinese input method scim?
by Ying Shi 10 May '08

10 May '08

Hi, I have installed scim but don't know how to invoke it. Anyone can give quick answer? Thanks a lot -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Compiz-fusion 10.2 repo?
by Sorin Peste 10 May '08

10 May '08

Hi, Anybody here on openSUSE 10.2 have any idea what happened to the build service repository containing compiz-fusion packages? It used to reside under http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/ but now only 10.3 and SUSE_Factory are to be found. Thanks, Sorin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KOTD source - strange rpm dependency failure
by Michael Fischer 10 May '08

10 May '08

Building from source, as NVIDIA one-click failed with FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/modules.dep: No such file or directory (cd /user/src/linux...., make oldconfig, make dep didn't help) Downloaded KOTD (2.6.25.2-2.1) rpm and got the following odd failure on rpm -ivh $ sudo rpm -ivh kernel-source-2.6.25.2-2.1.x86_64.rpm warning: kernel-source-2.6.25.2-2.1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a29f6635 error: Failed dependencies: rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.2-1 is needed by kernel-source-2.6.25.2-2.1.x86_64 'rpm -qa | grep rpmlib' shows nothing, and 'zypper se rpmlib' says * Reading installed packages [100%] No resolvables found. Never seen this before. What's going on? TIA. Michael -- Michael Fischer michael(a)visv.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Promise SATA300-4TX kernel Module Fails to Build?
by David C. Rankin 10 May '08

10 May '08

Jan, List, I am trying to build the kernel module for a Promise SATA300-4TX SATA controller, but the module refuses to compile. The Makefile and sources, originally downloaded from www.promise.com for the driver are at: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/promise/ under the ut_mod directory. The README, taken from Fedora, states that the following steps are required to compile the module: cd /usr/src ln -s linux-2.6.9 linux cd linux make mrproper cp configs/kernel-2.6.9-i686.config .config vi Makefile(Modify EXTRAVERSION=-prep to =-1.667) make menuconfig make I substituted in its place: cd /usr/src/linux make mrproper make cloneconfig make modules_prepare make clean The module build is invoked by: make DRIVER_SRC_DIR=`pwd`. The error returned by the make file is: 19:47 trinity~/linux/boxes/trinity/promise/ut_mod> make DRIVER_SRC_DIR=`pwd` Makefile:96: *** Linux kernel source not configured - missing config.h. Stop. I believe the Makefile is looking in the wrong place for the needed files. I have a good kernel source, that much I know. I am usually very good a building from source and compiling kernel modules for ATI video, virtualbox, nVidia video, etc.. until something goes wrong. Then, I difficulty taking a kernel module Makefile and trying to figure out why it failed. Largely due to the fact that I am not familiar with where hardware X should be underneath the kernel source tree. Anybody have any idea what I need to adjust in the Makefile to get this thing to build? Any help is greatly appreciated. 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

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Re: [opensuse] How to mount USB drive in single user mode?
by Simon Roberts 09 May '08

09 May '08

----- Original Message ---- From: Carlos E. R. <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> >> My system will not transition between runlevels properly (from single to >> RL1, using init 1 or shutdown -i1 -g0 now) just issues a long stream of >> errors... >That's a curious problem. I have always been able to switch modes. Yes, but my install of 10.2 has never been very satisfactory frankly. It was almost impossible to install (10.0 and 10.1 flatly refused to install on this hardware. The install crashed before I could do anything. Even, as I recall, in "safe" mode. 10.2 installed, but has had a litany of problems that I never could get to the bottom of. 64 bit, dual core, with some funky (but Intel-supported) video. The video was the worst bit. Attempts to change mode (including "logout") universally lock the machine up. I have to hibernate, or forcibly power down. >> fdisk -l shows slices fine, but is only useful to me if the device has >> already been mounted as it doesn't show unmounted anything. >fdisk -l should list all partitions regardless of the mount state. Curious. Perhaps I did it wrong, but with the drive attached but not mounted, it didn't show up. Oh, but maybe that was in single user mode. Yes, must have been, because it auto-mounted in runlevel 1 anyway. >> It does have a 4GB limit, so my original goal which was to be able to >> make a trivial copy of the /dev/sdb1 device using "dd" will require me >> to split the device into many slices. >No, no. >You can not do a "copy" of your linux filesystem to a fat filesystem. You >need an external usb disk formatted in one of the native linux format: >ext3, reiser, xfs... >Why? >One thing is the 4GB limit per file. There are worse things: > - permissions > - ownership > - hardlinks and softlinks > - acl >none are supported by fat, so you will loose them in the backup, and the >restore operation will fail to restore a working system, unless you save a >list of all that things on another file and have a script to recreate >them. Actually, "yes, yes" :) This bit I'm entirely confident of, but I don't think you understood quite what I meant. I am doing this: dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/media/USB_DRIVE/HUGE_IMAGE_FILE.dat bs=128M So, what I'm saying is that I literally make an image of the partition. Not copy the files. That way I can simply use dd to restore my exact machine. It's quite a handy technique for this kind of thing. I use it if a drive is failing, or a machine is about to undergo serious soft-or-hardware surgery. Just gives you a spare image. I have CDs burned with entire windows-95 installations made that way too (boot linux on CD, copy the partition, then do the same to restore it if necessary. Very handy in a teaching situation like mine). You're right, of course about the 4GB limit, but that just requires some careful arithmetic to split the image across extents. Haven't had to do that since floppy disks come to think of it (yes, this is my first machine I've treated this way with partitions greater than a DVD). Thanks again for all the input and suggestions. I think I'm going to have a look into rcopy, cpio, and maybe tar. It would be nice to have a file-level copy that's properly sound too/instead. Cheers, Simon ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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] Is this a bug (en_DK mappings not installed by xorg-x11-libX11) ?
by Sylvester Lykkehus 09 May '08

09 May '08

Hello list, The en_DK locale is supported by libc, as per the glibc-locale package. It is however not supported by the X server, which causes several problems; https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=112997&aid=1545984&group_… http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=82579 + problems in all QT apps, typing accented characters The problems is solved (for me) by adding en_DK to the locale.dir, compose.dir and locale.alias in the /usr/share/X11/locale/ directory, which is installed by xorg-x11-libX11 (see the first link in this mail) The question is, should they not have been there already, since the system (libc) supports en_DK locales ? Best regards Sylvester Lykkehus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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