January 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Recover stupidly deleted files
by Regis Matejcik 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

I'm using Suse 11.0. (reiserfs file system) I stupidly deleted an important directory and it's backup. I used "reiserfsck --rebuild-tree" to try to recover the directory and files. It succeeded in recovering many files and storing them in a "lost and found" file. Most of the .pdf and .mp3 files were rebuilt in tact, but thousands of files are simply unidentifiable binary files. I'm guessing they're mostly Open Office documents since that was the majority of what was lost. I also tried Reiserfs File Recovery 1.0 which proved to be of little help. Any hints on anything that might either unscramble the files from reiserfsck, or do a better job of recovering files? Thanks, Regis -- 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] dhcp on Suse 11.0
by James D. Parra 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

> > Thanks David. I gave the Vista machines static IP addresses. What is odd is > that the Vista machines can not find the dhcp server. I don't see any > requests from the Vista machines in the dhcp server logs. Is there a dhcp > server broadcast that I need to set in the server that the Vista machines > can recognize? > > Thanks again, > > ~James James, I think I found what you need. This looks like the solution to make Vista broadcast for an IP: http://www.techsupportforum.com/networking-forum/networking-support/310326-v ista-dhcp-failure-_-m-solution.html There are two solutions provided with the MS kb articles referenced. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` Thanks again, David, but I had previously tried all of those to no avail. I think there is something dhcp server side that Vista is expecting. There is no firewall on the server and all other workstations get IP addresses. Greatly appreciate your help and suggestions. ~James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kernel: [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR* Unknown parameter 5
by tomas alberto ramirez andujar 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Hi, I have a laptop Dell Inspiron 1720 that using SuSE 11, I keep getting this error whenever i activate the desktop effects (compiz), here is my hardware. Video Adapter Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family (448 MB) Any suggestions, Tommie -- -- Tomas Alberto Ramirez Andujar Sistemas de Informacion y Redes CEJISoft. Camaguey. Cuba -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Samba Help
by Donald D Henson 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

(Earth-svr:/home/dhenson/Desktop # uname -a Linux Earth-svr 2.6.27.7-9-pae #1 SMP 2008-12-04 18:10:04 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux) Yes, I'm the guy who asked for Samba help before and I'm still struggling with it. I've googled the web and found several howtos and have attempted to follow their instructions. I installed Swat and played around with that. Finally, I discovered GAdmin-Samba. Not much help there either. I decided to try yet another restart, forgot the 're', and got the following responses. This looks like a clue but I can't figure out what it's trying to tell me. Would someone have a look at the exchanges below and tell me if it really is a clue or am I still clueless. (Sorry. I couldn't resist.) Aany help appreciated. Earth-svr:/home/dhenson/Desktop # service smb start Starting Samba SMB daemon - Warning: /var/run/samba/smbd.pid exists. done Earth-svr:/home/dhenson/Desktop # service smb restart Shutting down Samba SMB daemon Warning: daemon not running. done Starting Samba SMB daemon - Warning: /var/run/samba/smbd.pid exists. done Earth-svr:/home/dhenson/Desktop # -- Don Henson

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RE: [opensuse] dhcp on Suse 11.0
by James D. Parra 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

David C. Rankin wrote: > James D. Parra wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have just noticed a strange anomaly. After migrating my dhcpd server from >> a Fedora box to Suse, none of my Vista users can get IP addresses. >> >> Has anyone else experienced this and if so, do you no of a solution? >> >> Thank you, >> >> James > > Early on there was a bug in dhcp on 11.0 where dhcp would not update dns. See: > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=404663 > > I thought it was fixed, but it is still listed as new, so I guess it's still > there. I bet that's your problem. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks David. I gave the Vista machines static IP addresses. What is odd is that the Vista machines can not find the dhcp server. I don't see any requests from the Vista machines in the dhcp server logs. Is there a dhcp server broadcast that I need to set in the server that the Vista machines can recognize? Thanks again, ~James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] hardware scanner
by Michael S. Dunsavage 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

I'm looking for a hardware scanner for Linux. I tried lshw but for some reason it doesn't think I have any memory installed. Actually, I don't want to reboot and I want to know what kind of memory I have in this computer (DDR or DDR2). But a scanner could come useful, regardless. Any help appreciated. -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Grub Confusion
by Jim Flanagan 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

I'm having confusion with Grub (will try to keep this from seeming like a shell game). I've got two 11.0 installs. When I do updates on one (esp kernel) the other one won't boot after restart. Just using Suse updater here. The first install on sda2 was upgraded from a previous 10.3 install. The second was a fresh test install of 11.0 on sda6. Originally I had the 10.3 install on sda2. Then I did the fresh test install of 11.0 on sda6. At that point grub was booting both installs fine, and the 11.0 grub on sda6 was updated after kernal updates, for both installs. However after I did the upgrade on sda2 from 10.3 to 11.0, the references to initrd... and vmlinuz... are not being updated, Yast is getting confused. This is worsened by the confusion I'm having over straitening this out. When I do a kernel update on sda2, it changes the sda2/boot/grub/menu.1st, but the MBR does not get updated, it is taking that from sda6/boot. If I do an kernel upgrade on sda6, it will update the booting grub, but then I can't boot into the sda2 install( the one I use). So, I have several times since, manually updated the /boot/grub/menu.1st on sda6 pointing it to the right boot parameters on sda2, but would like to straighten this out for good. I can delete the test install on sda6, but want to make sure I have the correct grub files on sda2. What is the best way for me to fix this issue? TIA, 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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[opensuse] Firefox Cant Open this Site
by kernel.2k5 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Hi , i even tried installing same its asking for JRE and Now even after installing when i browse this Link http://bobibanking.com/ Corporate User , Click it , then its again giving me error that cant show me page as required Plugin is not installed . Any Comment or links which can give me exact way to find solutions to this Problem. _____My Browser Specs : _____Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19 ______64bit Linux OS Thanks -- ======================================================= With Best Regards Mr.Shailesh - Smith - Shail ======================================================= -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Installing local RPM's using Yast
by eddieleprince＠dsl.pipex.com 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

This is an old problem that has re-emerged. Saving an rpm to disk and then clicking on it opens up a dialogue for installing via yast. Clicking on that and entering the password, it does all the repository checks and all that stuff and then comes back and says: Following packages haven't been found on the medium: xxxxxxxx Does anyone know of a solution or is this a bug-report job? Thanks Eddie -- 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 Weekly News, Issue 55
by Jan-Simon Möller 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 56 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * FOSDEM 2009 * Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors * Novell\u2019s 2009 Technical Strategy and Process * NTFS-3g - writing to windows partition * Preview/Fix broken AVI files in openSUSE The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Hungarian [2] , Indonesian [3], Italian [4](delay), Japanese [5], Polish [6], Portuguese [7] (delay), Russian [8] and Spanish [9] (delay). [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/56 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/56 [2] http://hu.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Heti_Hírmondó/56 [3] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/56/indonesian [4] http://it.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Newsletter_Settimanale/56 [5] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/56 [6] http://pl.opensuse.org/Tygodnik_openSUSE/56 [7] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/56 [8] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/56 [9] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/56 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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