September 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Printer Recommendation?
by Lew Wolfgang 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

Hi Folks, After completing a rather arduous install* of 11.0 on a new HP m9340f desktop, I'm left with a printer issue. I purchased a nice Canon MX7600 multi-function printer knowing full well I'd probably have problems. I figured I'd at least be able to print to it, but no! This Canon is as proprietary as they come. This is ok, I'm able to use it via VirtualBox and Win-XP and the stand-alone fax and copier are valuable. So I'll keep the printer. But this leaves me still needing a printer I can use directly from 11.0 with cups. Can anyone recommend a fairly good color printer that will work well with cups? A network interface is also desirable. Thanks for any suggestions, Lew * footnote: My install problems were interesting indeed. First, I ran into the reiserfs freeze-up problem. I've made a few other 11.0 reiserfs installs without issue, but this one bit me in the nether regions. Must be something with the mobo or cpu (Core 2 quad) configuration. The install would finish, then freeze up after a variable amount of time. Then, the on-board NIC (Realtek) was unreliable. At times it wouldn't be seen by the install process, and when it did install it would spin off billions of RX overrun and some read errors. Readtek had an updated driver that I compiled in, but still no joy. This wasn't a SuSE problem, Knoppix showed the same symptoms. The fix for the NIC was to install a D-Link PCI-e x1 NIC and to ditch reiserfs in favor of ext3. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Lower memory issue
by Irwan Hadi 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

We are running opensuse 10.3 X86 with 2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp #1 SMP kernel, on a Dell PowerEdge with 8 GB memory, and 2 X Quad Core Intel Xeon 3.0 Ghz The swap memory is set to be 2 GB. The application running is a Java application. The problem that we are currently having is oom-killer always sniping processes on this server after it runs for a couple days. We tracked down the issue to lower memory issue. When the server is freshly restarted, we have about 800 MB free lower memory, then as time goes, the # used one keep going up and eventually OOM-killer will start sniping processes. The processes could be sendmail, even to bash shell. We noted that oom-killer snipes processes even though the server is not using any swap at all, and there is plenty of high memory left. Is there anything that we can do to solve this issue? I believe bigsmp kernel is supposed to be able to handle memory up to 64 GB. We can't really switch the application (even though it is a java based application) to 64 bits O/S unfortunately. So our option is really limited to either finding a fix for this, or lower the memory on this box to 4 GB which is not something we plan to do unless it is absolutely necessary. We also have another box with the same O/S, kernel, and hardware spec that is running Tomcat and have the same issue. But on this box, due to the load of the application, it takes many weeks before the lower memory is exhausted. Thanks output of free -lm total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 8115 545 7570 0 93 118 Low: 821 150 670 High: 7294 394 6900 -/+ buffers/cache: 333 7782 Swap: 2047 0 2047 java invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=1, oomkilladj=0 [<c0159b12>] out_of_memory+0x69/0x1a7 [<c015b0a6>] __alloc_pages+0x219/0x2d6 [<c015b18f>] __get_free_pages+0x2c/0x3a [<c01253c7>] copy_process+0xa4/0x10c5 [<c013571c>] alloc_pid+0x1f1/0x24e [<c0126654>] do_fork+0x9a/0x1c2 [<c01d81b3>] copy_to_user+0x25/0x3a [<c01031d6>] sys_clone+0x36/0x3b [<c0104f22>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [<c02c0000>] _decode_session4+0x1c5/0x1cd ======================= Mem-info: DMA per-cpu: CPU 0: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 CPU 1: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 CPU 2: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 CPU 3: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 CPU 4: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 CPU 5: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 CPU 6: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 CPU 7: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Normal per-cpu: CPU 0: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 37 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 47 CPU 1: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 26 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 58 CPU 2: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 131 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 47 CPU 3: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 144 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 61 CPU 4: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 89 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 49 CPU 5: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 29 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 11 CPU 6: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 23 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 55 CPU 7: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 23 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 8 HighMem per-cpu: CPU 0: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 1 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 10 CPU 1: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 152 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 6 CPU 2: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 173 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 0 CPU 3: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 175 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 8 CPU 4: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 16 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 9 CPU 5: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 100 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 12 CPU 6: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 29 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 1 CPU 7: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 55 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 5 Active:93948 inactive:13893 dirty:1037 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:1759319 slab:3144 mapped:8179 pagetables:447 bounce:0 DMA free:3556kB min:68kB low:84kB high:100kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:16256kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? yes lowmem_reserve[]: 0 873 8874 Normal free:3664kB min:3744kB low:4680kB high:5616kB active:1372kB inactive:952kB present:894080kB pages_scanned:3206 all_unreclaimable? yes lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 64008 HighMem free:7030056kB min:512kB low:9096kB high:17684kB active:374420kB inactive:54620kB present:8193024kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 DMA: 0*4kB 2*8kB 1*16kB 2*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 1*2048kB 0*4096kB = 3552kB Normal: 0*4kB 0*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 1*1024kB 1*2048kB 0*4096kB = 3664kB HighMem: 434*4kB 134*8kB 85*16kB 73*32kB 35*64kB 10*128kB 230*256kB 126*512kB 63*1024kB 38*2048kB 1649*4096kB = 7030056kB Swap cache: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0, race 0+0 Free swap = 2097144kB Total swap = 2097144kB Free swap: 2097144kB 2293760 pages of RAM 2064384 pages of HIGHMEM 216101 reserved pages 18750 pages shared 0 pages swap cached 1037 pages dirty 0 pages writeback 8179 pages mapped 3144 pages slab 447 pages pagetables -- 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 configure my openSUSE to be able to make tftp requests
by Dominique Leuenberger 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Hi, A short question: I have an openSUSE 11.0, SuSEfirewall is running. If I issue a tftp <host> -c get <filename> the reply from the server is blocked by the firewall (not surprisingly, as the tftp actually replies from another port than 69). Is there an easy way to make tftp requests like this work? (maybe a bit more complicate than rcSuSEfirewal 2 stop). Thank you for your advises, Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Bluetooth mouse
by Manne Merak 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

I have a Dell Vostro 1700 with builtin bluetooth and Dell bt Travel Mouse. I can see the mouse goes into sleep mode after some time of inactivity (to save battery). When I move it it take about 1-2sec to reactivate and I see the following msg in /var/log/messages Sep 2 14:55:10 xxxxxxxxxxx input[4438]: New input device 00:07:61:B8:CA:00 (Dell BT Travel Mouse) Sep 2 14:55:10 xxxxxxxxxxx kernel: input: Dell BT Travel Mouse as /class/input/input15 The input15 increments as it gets reconnected after a sleep. My problem is that sometimes it does not come back and I have to goto the Bluetooth monitor (kbluetooth icon) and reconnect manually. Doing some debugging I found that the mouse will stay connected even if I remove all bluetooth processes - just the bluetooth module remains (cant get it unloaded, to many dependencies). So, who keeps the mouse connected? bluetooth module? Something builtin to the kernel? some Xorg module? I would like to reload/restart something to see who is at fault. (ps. the batteries are fine) Manne -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 10.3 update problem
by Roger Oberholtzer 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

I have had this problem for a while updating openSUSE 10.3 via Yast: Yast wants to update libsoup, but quite a few programs (e.g., evolution) want the current version, so I cannot do the update. The same is the case for libxklavier and libgnomekbd. So, I need to deselect updating these. This has been this way for a bit of time, so it does not seem that things are getting in sync. Have I missed something? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE4 breaking KDE3
by skx 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

I am using openSUSE 11 with KDE 3.5.9 on Inspiron 600m. I have installed KDE4 from one click installer to try it out. Since then, even when I am using previous KDE version, the volume control buttons don't work and closing the lid have no effect. What went wrong and how do I fix it? -- skx, http://skxpl.eu.org -- 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] Printer Recommendation?
by Fred A. Miller 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Lew Wolfgang wrote: > Fred A. Miller wrote:__ >> Re: Canon pixma mx7600 >> Canon does not, in any way, provide Linux hardware support for this >> printer. They do, however, have MacOSX CUPS drivers. If you can extract >> the files, and install them manually, you might be able to get it to >> work. After all, CUPS is CUPS, regardless if it's running on Linux or >> OpenBSD (what OSX is based on). >> >> EDIT: You can find information on how to open Mac's dmg files here. Or >> you can just mount the file. DMG files are just disk images of Apple's >> file system: HFS. >> >> to mount it: >> Code: >> >> sudo mount -t hfs -o loop printerdriver.dmg /mount/point >> >> EDIT2: You must install the following packages first: >> hfsplus >> hfsutils >> hfsprogs >> libhfsp0 > > Thanks Fred. Actually, I saw this too and tried it. Alas, I > couldn't even get the loopback to work! After this I realized > that the Canon is not a Postscript device, and has some kind > of a proprietary print language. I think the Mac cups driver > must include some kind of a binary program to do the actual > conversion. I can't imagine this running on a Linux system. No.....not at all. > I give up and am happy to buy another printer, I can use them > both. Sorry.....was the only "answer" I found. I can't recommend HP printers enough. I have a large format pro. photo printer from them.....AWESOME. Epson is a second choice. Best, Fred -- Linux is an old Latin word meaning, "I don't have to support your Windows anymore." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] pim / kmail 1.10.0 (using kde 4.1.1) crashing on paste in message body
by Wolfgang Woehl 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Yes, well, I'd rather not try and paste the subject line, which pretty much says it, in here. Major annoyance. What can be done? Wolfgang -- 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: strange samba rsync problem
by Joachim Schrod 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Damon Register wrote: > > Now there seems to be only one flaw. After the rsync operation I ran > kdiff to see how the local compared with the remote samba mounted where > the rsyncd had stored it. All but one file were exactly the same but > that one file had an accented a that didn't get copied the same by > the remote rsyncd. In the content or in the file name? File name encodings are notoriously difficult to get right. Were other accented characters copied correctly? Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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] Joining Windows domain during openSUSE 11.0 install
by Roger Oberholtzer 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Problem 1: I decided that I would try to see how joining an Active Directory works in openSUSE 11.0. So, during install (not finished pending resolution of this), I have selected to join one. I have entered what I think is correct information. At some point, it will verify workgroup membership. A dialog box appears that lets you enter a user and password. The dialog offers that if I set both items to empty strings, I will be logged in anonymously. I have done this and it fails saying "Failed to join domain. User specified does not have administrator privileges." Sort of makes sense that an anonymous user would not have administrator privileges. But as I am joining a corporate Active Directory, I am hardly going to be given the Administrator password. Do I really need the corporate Active Directory's Administrator password for letting my Linux machine validate users against a AD server? If so, I find it hard to imagine this is ever used in a real corporate environment. So it must be something else. I do not see any more information on any consoles, nor in /var/log files. Problem 2: I am doing this during an install. This step is failing, and I do not have information to make it proceed (unless some kind soul has a useful answer for problem 1). My only choices are to proceed (can't because it fails) or to abort the installation. I seem not to be able to just skip past this step. Or am I missing something? I tried looking in the process list for a likely process to kill that may make yast proceed with the install. But there was nothing obvious. Is my install screwed? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 And remember: It is RSofT and there is always something under construction. It is like talking about large city with all constructions finished. Not impossible, but very unlikely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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