January 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] PCI Wireless card
by Khawar Nehal 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

01:07.0 Class 0200: 168c:0013 (rev 01) 01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01) I remember buying this in Dubai. Forgot the company name on the box. It is the same chip in the EEEPC and works out of the box. The only strange thing is : Somehow the reception of the EEEPC internal Antenna is better than the antenna which came with the PCI card. Should work ok for most internal wireless networks. For more than 2 walls you probably would need a separate antenna. Khawar - Show quoted text - On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Ken Schneider <suse-list3(a)bout-tyme.net <mailto:suse-list3@bout-tyme.net>> wrote: Simon Roberts pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone recommend a PCI (or USB, I suppose) wireless network card (802.11g) that definitely works, out of the box, in OpenSuSE 11.0 / 11., and is still available to buy1? > > The various HCLs list a bunch of stuff that's old, and claims I should have no problems with some older devices (prism2-based) I have that simply aren't working :( > > > Many thanks, > 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 > > > > I have a D-Link System WUA-1340 that is working out-of-the-box. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org <mailto:opensuse%2Bunsubscribe@opensuse.org> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org <mailto:opensuse%2Bhelp@opensuse.org> -- Khawar Nehal CEO Applied Technology Research Center (ATRC) C-55 Block A KDA Officers Karachi 75260 Pakistan Voice : 92-21-4980523 Mobile : 92-333-2486216 Home : 92-21-4974781 Email : khawar.nehal(a)atrc.net.pk Website : http://atrc.net.pk Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=557397515 Gtalk : khawar.nehal Skype : khawar.nehal

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Re: [opensuse] happy "dmraid" at boot
by Yas say 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

You have RAID1 but I have RAID5 which I'm installing Linux on it. dmraid -r /dev/sdc: isw, "isw_dihgfaif", GROUP, ok, 488397165 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sdb: isw, "isw_dihgfaif", GROUP, ok, 488397165 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sda: isw, "isw_dihgfaif", GROUP, ok, 488397165 sectors, data@ 0 dmraid -s *** Group superset isw_dihgfaif --> Active Subset name : isw_dihgfaif_Volume0 size : 209715200 stride : 128 type : raid5_la status : ok subsets: 0 devs : 3 spares : 0 --> Active Subset name : isw_dihgfaif_Volume1 size : 767059968 stride : 128 type : raid5_la status : ok subsets: 0 devs : 3 spares : 0 Also the only raid I used with Linux before was mdadm - it supported mirror too. Actually if I just wanted use raid1 I wouldn't buy nothing since Linux can set it up anyway. You had that system since 10.3 but this's the first time I put Linux in this system. So you have 3 disks? David C. Rankin wrote: I must be missing something, but I've been using dmraid since 10.3 and I have never had to recompile anything. In fact, I have never had to do anything other than set the dmraid up during install with the yast partitioner and make sure that raid was designated as bootable in my bios settings: 01:56 ecstasy:~> sudo dmraid -s nvidia_fdaacfde *** Active Set name : nvidia_fdaacfde size : 976773120 stride : 128 type : mirror status : ok subsets: 0 devs : 2 spares : 0 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] alt-f2 not launching App window with 11.1?
by Greg Freemyer 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

All, alt-f2 is doing nothing for me. I want it to launch a small dialog box were I can type app names and have them run. I tried the factory KDE 4 w/compiz, but I tried to download back to the default KDE 4 and Window Manager. I think I'm back to a pretty vanilla KDE 4 setup, but alt-f2 is not doing anything. To be honest I don't remember if it ever did with 11.1 or not. Anyone know how to get that functionality back. Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- 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 clean up /var/cache/zypper/RPMS ?
by Amedee Van Gasse 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

I was playing a bit with kdirstat, and I noticed a directory that takes up a lot of space: /var/cache/zypper/RPMS It seems to contain cached versions of rpms that I manually downloaded&installed, for example VMware server. I come from Ubuntu, and I still use Debian on my server, so I'm used to a large package cache. But the Suse way to do things is different, and I found out that package caching only happens when you explicitly enable it in /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo. Otherwise the packages are always downloaded. What I have not yet found, is the Suse alternative for "aptitude autoclean" delete only out-of-date package files but keep current ones. I also would like to delete some of the VMware RPMs, because I have played a bit with different versions, and they are quite large. How can I clean up that cache directory? Can I just rm the unwanted files without any negative repercussions, or what is the official Suse way to do that? Kind regards, Amedee -- 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 11.1 Installation Partitioner
by Lucky Leavell 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

I am trying to do a fresh install of 11.1 over 11.0 after a failed upgrade in place but I want to preserve (reuse) may current partition setup. I choose the Experts Menu and it looks fine. Then I choose "Import Mount Points" and again it works fine but instead of using this setup reverts to the automatic partitioning and nothing I try seem to work. I have had no problem like this in the past. Any ideas as to why it is acting stubborn? (This is my desktop system. My server is also 11.0 and I am afraid to try it until this is resolved.) Thank you, Lucky Leavell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problem with Konqueror 4.1.96
by Teruel de Campo MD 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

ref opensuse 11.1 kde 4.1.96 (KDE 4.2 RC1)"release 78.1" Q. If you are running kde 4 can you see with Konqueror this site http://www.ridingwithrobots.org/blog/?p=1541 In my case is a black screen. I can see it well if under konqueror4 -> File/open with Konqueror/KDE3 or with Firefox it is also OK. I have change many of the setups without effect. Otherwise Konqueror4 is working well. This is interesting. One of the old widget I used to love was ridewihtrobots for kde3 but about 3 months ago stop updating. Now I am using kde4 and the plasmoids accept the MacOS widgets. One of the widgets is ridewithrobots. It works great. Whenever you want to see the image and info associated with i,-t, you just click on the plasmoid and opens konqueor and you should see the image. Of course in my case is black. I know the way to get around is to make another browser the default but first I wan to be sure I am not missing something in the konqueror setup. TIA -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] trying to figure out how to share a data drive
by George Olson 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hello all, I am running Suse 11.1 and just installed a dual Windows/ Suse installation on my pc. I am a total newbie at Linux so please bear with me :) I am using the KDE desktop. I have 4 partitions on my hard drive, with my C drive for windows, and my data drive (labeled E in windows, but D in Linux - this is the drive I want to share between operating systems), and then my extended partition in Linux, which has a swap drive, root, and home. when I want to look at the contents of the data drive using the Dolphin navigator, it checks out ok on this path: /windows/D. But I wrote a test document in the open office spreadsheet and saved it in my home directory. Then I tried to copy it into /windows/D, and there is no "paste" option when i right click in D. so I checked the permissions using the "mount" command in a terminal window and this is what I got for the D drive: /dev/sda2 on /windows/D type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) Can anyone help me figure out how to enable writing data to this drive/partition? Ultimately I want to install Mozilla Thunderbird in both Windows and Suse, and be able to access the data on this shared drive, so that I can do email in either operating system. But before that, I have to be simply be able to read and write to my shared data partition, which I cannot do right now. Thanks in advance for your help -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] adding PTR (DNS) using Yast
by James D. Parra 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hello, Is there a place in Yast to add the reverse lookup address? Many thanks, 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] Where to put script to run on shutdown to remove directories?
by David C. Rankin 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Listmates, When my laptop connects to smb shares, I have directories created under /mnt for the different shares that are accessed. The scripts I use to mount the shares will automatically create the mount points for the shares if they don't already exist when the shares are mounted. However, since the share are usually unmounted by the shutdown sequence when I shutdown my laptop, the directories under /mnt never get deleted and have been accumulating over time. Right now I have 34 directories under /mnt that makes navigating with konqueror more tedious than it needs to be. What I would like to do I find somewhere I could put a script that gets called on shutdown that I could have unmount the shares and confirm they are unmounted and then remove the directory that was used for the share mount point. I'd like to find somewhere in the shutdown process to put this script without have to create a 'K' script for each runlevel. Is there such a thing? Some generic shutdown script that is sort of like the opposite of boot.local that I could use during shutdown to call my unmount and rm dir script? Thanks in advance for any help you can give. -- 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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[opensuse] 11.0 configuration
by fiveel＠tiscali.it 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hi, i am newby and i think it is time for me to understand something about linux. I installed 11.0 on an old ABIT KT7 with AMD DURON 900. I had no problems during installation but now i have a long boot with a list of FAILED.... then linux works. My question is how can i configure my linux not to run test on hardware i don't use? Is there a configuration file i can modify or i need to build a new kernel with a different configuration? Which is the best way to manually configure linux? Thank you fabio _______________________________________________________ Stampa le tue foto a 0,09 €. Non farti sfuggire questa offerta http://photo.tiscali.it/offerte/promo-natale.shtml -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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