January 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Atheros AR242X driver with openSUSE 11.1
by Doctor Who 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Hi all- I got my daughter a new laptop (Compaq Presario CQ50-142) for Christmas. It came with Vista, but I've now got openSUSE 11.1 on it. It's working well except for wireless at this point. It has an Atheros AR242X wireless card. I'd read on one of the forums that this would work 'out-of-the-box' will 11.1, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I was hoping some on this list had experience getting this working and share how they did it. 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] Why does 10.3 x86_64 only see 3gig of memory?
by David C. Rankin 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Listmates, I'm totally confused as to why my 10.3 x86_64 box is only using 3 out of 4 gig of memory. It was running 2 gig and I added 2 gig today. All four are good sticks of OCZ platinum DDR400 on the Gigabyte 8KE S2865 board with an Opteron 180 processor. I have other i586 10.3 boxes running and recognizing 4 gig with the big-smp kernel, but I was under the impression that the x86_64 default kernel could address up to 64 gig of memory. I have the latest kernel installed: 20:23 nirvana:~> uname -a Linux nirvana 2.6.22.19-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008-10-14 22:17:43 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux dmidecode shows the processor is PAE enabled and all 4 sticks of ram are there and recognized: Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 32 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: Socket 939 Type: Central Processor Family: Athlon 64 Manufacturer: AMD ID: 32 0F 02 00 FF FB 8B 17 Signature: Family 15, Model 35, Stepping 2 Flags: FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension) DE (Debugging extension) PSE (Page size extension) TSC (Time stamp counter) MSR (Model specific registers) PAE (Physical address extension) <snip> (same on the other core) Handle 0x0006, DMI type 5, 24 bytes Memory Controller Information Error Detecting Method: 64-bit ECC Error Correcting Capabilities: None Supported Interleave: One-way Interleave Current Interleave: One-way Interleave Maximum Memory Module Size: 4096 MB Maximum Total Memory Size: 16384 MB Supported Speeds: 70 ns 60 ns 50 ns Supported Memory Types: Standard DIMM Memory Module Voltage: 2.9 V Associated Memory Slots: 4 0x0007 0x0008 0x0009 0x000A Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities: None Handle 0x0007, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: A0 Bank Connections: 0 1 Current Speed: 5 ns Type: Unknown EDO Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Error Status: OK Handle 0x0008, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: A1 Bank Connections: 2 3 Current Speed: 5 ns Type: Unknown EDO Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Error Status: OK Handle 0x0009, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: A2 Bank Connections: 4 5 Current Speed: 5 ns Type: Unknown EDO Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Error Status: OK Handle 0x000A, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: A3 Bank Connections: 6 7 Current Speed: 5 ns Type: Unknown EDO Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Error Status: OK But still 10.3 only wants to use 3 gig: 20:18 nirvana:~> free -tm total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3276 1453 1822 0 51 899 -/+ buffers/cache: 502 2773 Swap: 2055 0 2055 Total: 5331 1453 3877 20:20 nirvana:~> cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 3354664 kB MemFree: 1864848 kB Buffers: 53148 kB Cached: 920880 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 740912 kB Inactive: 547052 kB SwapTotal: 2104472 kB SwapFree: 2104472 kB Dirty: 44 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 314084 kB Mapped: 98412 kB Slab: 120252 kB SReclaimable: 96900 kB SUnreclaim: 23352 kB PageTables: 19208 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 3781804 kB Committed_AS: 752300 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB VmallocUsed: 69720 kB VmallocChunk: 34359668219 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB So kernel and hardware gurus, how do I get my memory back on 10.3? Surely there is some switch or something that will let me use all of it isn't there? Thanks in advance for any help. -- 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] openSuSE Server Setup page finally Reformatted - Need Feedback
by David C. Rankin 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

aledr wrote: > Works like a charm now. ;D > > Thanks > > -- > [ ]'s > Aledr - Alexandre > "OpenSource Solutions for SmallBusiness Problems" > I've moved the website back to the original box after restart. Let's hope it keeps working now.... The only thing I can think of that happened was that 10.3 somehow cached the hosts-deny entries and it took a reboot to clear it. That does not make sense, but stranger things have happened. -- 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] Journaling FS
by Anton Aylward 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Has anyone ever added an external journal to a mature FS? Reiser or ext3? I'm wondering of adding a new logical volume on my LVM for each of my journalled file systems would be of use? How large should something like that be? Does anyone have experience with adding a journal 'after the fact'? Or with the journal being on a LVM -- Call 226682779489712859637199678587902423107 for a good prime! -- 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: Getting KDE 3.5 With openSUSE 11.1?
by jdd 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Randall R Schulz a écrit : > This is extremely frustrating, given that it takes over an hour each > time just to get to the point where I'm presented with the dreaded > Gnome desktop. > > What am I doing wrong? did you choose kde3 on the drop down login menu (after install)? jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] deleted my /home directory
by John R. Sowden 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

On my last upgrade from 10.3 to 11.0, Suse installed the 10.3 root directory into my home directory, which I never noticed because I don't go there, until a few days ago when I decided to upgrade from 11.0 to 11.1. As I was deleting these directories, I accidently deleted my home directory. I don't keep much there, but linux and its apps do. Is there a recovery. Also I have OOo files in another directory, but I don't know which partition. Is there a way to: 1) Find out which partition a file is in. 2) Copy these files from disk to a usb stick drive while in the "live" mode? tia, John -- 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] openSuSE Server Setup page finally Reformatted - Need Feedback
by David C. Rankin 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Jan Karjalainen wrote: > I have IP address 83.249.242.220 > That may be it. I was blocking 83. with /etc/hosts-deny, but I have cleared all entries from hosts-deny. I have restarted apache since then. Maybe 10.3 is caching the information somewhere? I'll move the webserver to another box and restart the server to see if that fixes it. -- 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] rsync ?
by Erik Jakobsen 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Hi. openSUSE 11.1 and KDE4.1.3 I have a server, that can made backup with rsync to for instance my 11.1 computer. There is a name called "module", that I don't really understand. It shall be written on the server before the backup. "NAS and a linux rsync server". The module name means the task/mission name you setup in the linux rsync server." Is what I see. And this is what I don't really understand. What to do ? -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Erik Jakobsen OZ4KK eja(a)urbakken.dk Registered Linux user #114875 - http://counter.li.org -- 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 for server ?
by Arie Reynaldi Z 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Ok, I've read so many 'so-called' complains about opensuse 11.1 for desktop, like burning dvd, problem dialing, and so on.. What I want to know, what about for server usage ? I use some applications like bind, apache, mysql, firewall, etc that already installed in my servers, and some of the use RAID 1 (mirrored), etx3 (i saw that xfs is better now?). I use usb modem cause we have sms application installed. I almost never use X, except for file server that also has printer server, so I can manage print jobs using kprinter or 'printer manager' under gnome. But mostly only has console mode (thanks to yast that can play in console mode). I will install from new, not upgrade. So, is opensuse 11.1 ready for server, or I just have to stick with 10.3 / 11.0 ? regards, -- 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 KDE3 - repeated 'knotify' crashes
by David C. Rankin 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Listmates, On 11.0 x86-64, KDE 3.5.10 "release 33.1", I keep getting knotify crashes. They happens fairly regularly. Basically, something calls knotify and then I get the backtrace window but it doesn't capture any useful information. See: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/knotify-crash.jpg They happen more frequently with quanta, but I can't say it is exclusively quanta. I have looked at knotify --help-all and there doesn't seem to be a way to directly test it by piping text into it. Does anybody have ideas of what I can check or how to troubleshoot? -- 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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