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Re: [opensuse] damaged reiserfs - how to repair - SOLVED
by Vahe Avedissian 09 May '08

09 May '08

>>Vahe Avedissian wrote: >>> This is a ~2TB partiton on a 3TB 3ware raid array. This is/was a working >>> partition (about 60% free) that was fine untill I tried to install opensuse 11b1 >>> on some other partition on another raid array unsuccessfully. >>two raid array on the same computer? >>trying such install in a so heavy loaded computer need extreme care! >>jdd Well, I deleted my reiser partition and re-created a new one (in yast - and did not format) large enough to hold the data on my partition before this problem occurred. I then was able to run reiserfsck and repair the super block and all my data was recovered. 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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Re: [opensuse] How to mount USB drive in single user mode?
by Simon Roberts 09 May '08

09 May '08

----- Original Message ---- From: John <john_82(a)tiscali.co.uk> To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Sent: Friday, May 9, 2008 5:34:51 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] How to mount USB drive in single user mode? On Friday 09 May 2008 12:24:08 Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Friday 2008-05-09 at 10:39 +0100, John wrote: > > I would advice using midnight commander to copy your disk(s). > > That's a good idea. > > There is a caveat, though: the second run. You can tell it to overwrite > all if newer, but nevertheless it keep pestering with questions (it can > not overwrite links and some files). > > For backups, I prefer "rsync". > > -- > Cheers, > Carlos E. R. I think the best over all solution to these sorts of problems is an knoppix dvd especially for people who aren't too familiar with the kernel - and others. It's a handy thing to have around. The machine can be worked on while still having all of the usual facilities including the web. I also found the availability of earlier versions useful too. V4 would read my early fake raid disks. V5 wouldn't. The cpu/board broke and the installation wouldn't run on the new hardware. Fortunately I had a V4 disc. I had no problem copying the entire set up with mc but agree that it wouldn't be much use for back ups. John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks all for info so far. I found out several things to this point: Single user mode is not runlevel 1 :) I was booting by putting "single" on the GRUB command line, and the external drive simply doesn't get seen in that mode. Runlevel 1 it works fine. 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 and dies with no login prompt nor shell prompt. Similarly moving up from RL1 to 5 doesn't work properly (I get prompts, but I don't get a viable wireless network--present, but not viable, very odd) The USB drive does show up as the same drive all the time (/dev/sdb1) in RL1. 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. 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. I love the idea of using a rescue CD. I can't get a stable backup of an unstable file system (the file system might be capable of recovering, but the application data can still be captured in a transient (and therefore inconsistent) state, so the backup must be made on a quiescent file system to be safe. If the fs isn't even mounted that pretty much is guaranteed quiescent! Anyway, the rsync or MC ideas might well serve me better in the long run, I'd actually made a file level copy of my data but did it using "cp" so any links in the system files will be screwed up. The main reason for the backup was so I could instantly (well, in a single command at least) reinstall my old system in case I should have troubles with 10.3 (10.2 has been a nightmare, but I think that's because this was a relatively early 64bit dual core CPU laptop. Not a friendly combination for a Linux release). So, many thanks for all input, most helpful and educational. Cheers all! Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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] Monitor gets turned off when install system
by Ying Shi 09 May '08

09 May '08

Hi, all: I just started using OpenSUSE last night. When I boot from CD and choose 'install' monitor gets turned off. The resolution auto-chosen is 1280x1024. I fixed this problem by choosing Text Mode. Anyone has same issue and how to solve it in future installation? Another small question, I have Pentium 4 and gets all i586 packages installed. So which CPUs use i686 packages? 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] zypper does not update some packages in 10.3
by Ansgar Esztermann 09 May '08

09 May '08

Hello everyone, there is something about yast2 and automatic updates that I do not understand. The final result is a list of packages that do not get updated even though I have switched on "Automatic Online Update". For example, # zypper info MozillaFirefox yields: > Information for package MozillaFirefox: > > Repository: 20080107-183402 > Name: MozillaFirefox > Version: 2.0.0.14-2.3 > Arch: x86_64 > Installed: Yes > Status: up-of-date > ... However, # rpm -q MozillaFirefox > MozillaFirefox-2.0.0.14-2.2 So, it is not up to date. On subsequent calls to zypper info, the output changes (for no reason I can discern) to: Information for package MozillaFirefox: > Repository: 20080107-183402 > Name: MozillaFirefox > Version: 2.0.0.14-2.3 > Arch: x86_64 > Installed: Yes > Status: out-of-date (version 2.0.0.14-0.1 installed) Note that the "Version" line has not changed, and what zypper claims to be the installed version is not what rpm reports (rpm output has not changed either). Moreover, # zypper up yields > Nothing to do. However, # zypper up -t package will update MozillaFirefox. I have the distinct feeling that I am getting something fundamentally wrong. Any hints as to what's happening here, or where else to look are welcome. A. -- Ansgar Esztermann DV-Systemadministration Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Abteilung 105

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

09 May '08

Hi all, I want to make a full backup of my system before I try to rebuild it to upgrade from 10.2 to 10.3. To do this, I bought a USB drive that's bigger than my system's internal disk. It mounts automatically when I log in as a user, but doesn't mount when I'm in single-user mode. Normally, "mount" shows it as /dev/sdb1 /media/EASY DISK and I can read and write files just dandy. However, in single user mode, it doesn't show up automatically, and if I try to do: mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt or mount /dev/sdb1 /media/EASY\ DISK the system tells me there's no such device as /dev/sdb1 So, can anyone tell me how to mount a USB external drive in single user mode? Alternatively, can anyone tell me how to make a stable backup of a whole filesystem (hard/soft links, device files and all) while not being in single user mode? Thanks in advance for any pointers, Cheers, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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] Re: [Kmymoney2-user] backup naming
by Russ Fineman 09 May '08

09 May '08

On Thursday 08 May 2008 12:46:35 pm Thomas Baumgart wrote: > On Thursday 08 May 2008 18:40:44 Russ Fineman wrote: kmymoney-2008-05-08 > What is the name of the file you try to backup? kmymoney-2008-05-08 ls -l /media/floppy after backup. -rwxr-xr-x 1 finemanruss users 73986 2008-05-03 07:16 kmymoney-2008-05-03.kmy -rwxr-xr-x 1 finemanruss users 74346 2008-05-08 11:01 kmymoney-2008-05-08-2008-05-08.kmy note it was correct on the 2008-05-03. I just formated a floppy ass 1.44 DOS using kfloppy. I then told KMyMoney to backup to /media/floppy and to mount it. It did and successfully completed the backup according to the message. The title bar of kmymoney said kmymoney-2008-05-08 but the status bar showed writting kmymoney-2008-05-08-2008-05-08.kmy. Using: rpm -qa |grep kmymoney kmymoney-0.9-0.pm.cvs20080504 kmymoney-devel-0.9-0.pm.cvs20080504 OpenSUSE 10.3 latest version Kernel 2.6.22.18-SL103_BRANCH_20080221152521-default KDE 3.65.7 "release 72.9" The kmymoney cvs came from: http://packman.links2linux.de It possible the problem is caused by the compile on packman. I am able to use the backup and restore it. Its just the funny name. Thanks for your response. -- Russ Linux register user 441463 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] WARNING about Beta 2 and date/time setting
by Basil Chupin 09 May '08

09 May '08

The last msg I posted here was only about 20 minutes ago but if you look at the date/time stamp of that msg it is dated 1 day and many hours in the FUTURE (ie, tomorrow, 8 May; today it is 7 May 1520 hours my time, Aust Eastern Standard Time). Beta 2 cannot handle date/time correctly so if you are using it (like I just did) to post a message then bear this in mind. The problem really comes up if you try and do something like 'make cloneconfig' where you will get a WARNING stating that something-or-another is "in the future". If you try and make the system adjust the time to some time server using the NTP option in Yast Control Centre then forget it: NTP option doesn't even 'fire up'. One way out is to use the CLI 'ntpdate -u <IP-of-timeserver>' to get the date/time set correctly. Ciao. -- If you want to know what a man is like, take a look at how he treats his inferiors not his equals. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: dregs of upgrading the headless via dreck DRACs?
by Joachim Schrod 09 May '08

09 May '08

Linda Walsh wrote: > Joachim>> [*] Dell's DRAC is Dreck, for those who know German. > Sam Clemens> It's understood by most English-speakers. > > As someone who was born in the English speaking area of middle > America, I wasn't familiar with its definition, though I related > to the word "dreg" -- low value leftovers sediment or grounds > left over at the bottom of a container, or the least valuable > part of something. > > Google translate wasn't much help, translating german 'dreck' > into English -- into 'dreck'. > > But Oxford says its slang from yiddish, most recently used in > referring to merchandise that is shoddy or inferior in quality. > (syn. 'schlock', 'shlock'); earlier seemed to mean 'rubbish', > "dregs", or excrement (which are also 'leftovers' of a sort). The most common translation of `dreck' to English is probably `dirt' or `filth', usually used in a context where you want to assert the meaning in a bawdy way. In modern German, it is a word that is more often used in spoken than in written language, e.g., if parents rebuke their children if they come in dirty from playing in the field in freshly washed clothes or something like that. `dirt' is actually a very old German word from Low Germanic ethomology (originally `drec'). Old English used it as `dreax', meaning `decay' or `rubbish'. It has a common heritage with `dung', swedish translated to `träck' and latin `stercus'. `stercus' is the base line that led to `excrement', that's probably the reason why Oxford names it. > DRAC seems to be a name for a DellRemoteAccessCard -- something > that seems like it "should" be a good idea. Too bad it's > implementation is drek (crap?). There seem to be newer DRAC's > (Versions II and III)... I wonder if they are equally drekky? Yes, they are. None of them work properly. To often one has this d*mned Java applet in one's browser and the console connection simply doesn't work. (This is not an issue with the OS, it happens both in Linux and in Windows; also with several JREs that we've tried.) In fact, for our company server hosting providers, availability of proper console servers (via ssh) got an important decision factor some time ago. E.g., Strato has their RemoteConsole, which is a Cyclades console server, AFAIK. Btw, I can recommend Cyclades products wholeheartly, we deployed them at several customer's data centers with great success. But I also administrate (in my copious spare time :-) some servers for Open Source activities, where money is scarce. E.g., I'm one of the CTAN[*] admins, and our German server is colo'd at HostEurope. While we're quite satisfied with their overall service and technical quality -- we push 3+ TB of TeX software per month to our users and have almost no technical problems -- their usage of DRACs for console access is a real pain in the back. It takes away a safety net that I got accustomed to in other circumstances where more money is available. Major upgrade of these servers is always a very carefully planned activity; where we first need to test it locally to see if it will really work. (While that's standard in the commercial world, volunteers working for an Open Source Software user's group often don't have enough resources (knowledgable persons and time) to do this properly.) Well, enough rambling, just some thoughts from the trenches. Joachim [*] CTAN is the `Comprehensive TeX Archive Network', the network of servers that make available all kinds of software around the TeX typesetting system. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse
by Charles philip Chan 08 May '08

08 May '08

Randall R Schulz <rschulz(a)sonic.net> writes: > I was unaware of this software until I read this thread, but I just > checked the 10.3 repository and it's there. I installed it. Just took a look at the package. It is easy to configure, but I still find xbindkeys a lot more flexable. Charles

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[opensuse] after reboot headphone sound only
by Daniel Bauer 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hello, after a reboot sound is always on headphone only. If I insert the headphone plug and then remove it again, sound is on the speakers again. Switch between headphone and speakers (insert/remove plug) works perfectly. Just when I reboot, speaker sound is gone. (When just logging out as user and log in again, sound remains on speakers). I played around with compiz, I must confess. Before sound was normal. Where must I search to find what could cause the laptop to switch on headphone sound by default when booting? I use openSUSE 10.3 on a HP laptop. If you need any more info, please tell me which... thanks. Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Switzerland professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com erotic art photos: http://www.bauer-nudes.com/en/linux.html Madagascar special: http://www.fotograf-basel.ch/madagascar/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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