November 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Web Site Standards
by Bryan Tyson 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 03:38, Michael wrote: > I tried to visit this site. > http://www.bet365.com > The result upset me so much i sent them this. I sent the letter below, and I encourage everyone on the list to send a similar letter. ----------------------------------------- Subject: Create a Real Web Site Please From: Bryan S. Tyson <bryantyson(a)earthlink.net> To: webmaster(a)bet365.com When attempting to view your site using Konqueror 2.2.1 and Mozilla 0.9.4, both Linux web browsers, I was curtly informed that my browser is "incompatible." Your site, sir, is what is "incompatible." Stick with established standards and real html, not Microsoft proprietary "features." *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ***************************************************

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Mount Windows NT(NTFS) drive as drive Z: for all users
by Keith Jacobs 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

We have an winNT server and need to auto mount a shared folder as if it were a windose mapped drive Z: on SuSE8 Could someone please explain how to do this and how to make sure it is set-up for every user everytime the system is booted. Thanks Regards Keith Jacobs New to Linux

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Adding fonts?
by Tracer Bullet 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Hi all, Reading some mails on the GIMP mail list, I ran across the procedure to install some more fonts for not only Gimp, but the system and StarOffice to use also. Well, I installed the fonts, went to the shell and issued the command xset fp+ <font directory> and then the rehash command and all fonts are there! Ok, that went well, but each time I restart the system, I have to do it all over again? Is there a way to make it permanent and read the new fonts like it does the ones the system installs or is that a no-no? end of line Tracer Shell commands: xset fp+ <new font directory> xset fp rehash -- ---KMail 1.2--- SuSE Linux v7.2--- Registered Linux User #225206 /tracerb(a)sprintmail.com/ *Magic Page Products* *Team Amiga* http://home.sprintmail.com/~tracerb

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[opensuse] Where can I get genIS_PLAINcache
by Chuck Payne 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi, I am trying to set up a simple repo, I read on the opensuse site about a binary called genIS_PLAINcache, because I can't see to find it or the package yast2-packmanager either. Can someone help. I am setting this repo up for SLE9, I have tried to use createrepo but I keeping getting errors. -- ---------------------------------------- When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. -- Robert Heinlein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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HP Laser 1020
by Alfredo Cole 08 May '10

08 May '10

Hi: I just bought this printer, thinking it would work right out of the box. I'm running SUSE 9.3 with CUPS, and it does not seem to support this model. Anybody got this printer to work? Any pointers would help. Best regards. -- Alfredo Cole-Tuckler

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[opensuse] 11.2 yast sw management keeps segfaulting when you press "Accept"
by David C. Rankin 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

Dev, guys, Any body else seeing yast software management crash after you have selected packages, are all done, and then you press "Accept"? There is nothing more frustrating than spending 1/2 hour picking through individual packages to get the setup you need -- only to press the final button and receive the dialog: terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error' what(): locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid YaST got signal 6 at YCP file String.ycp:128 /sbin/yast2: line 454: 12764 Aborted $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS (process:12934): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. I don't have time to bug it right now, but if you want a look at the y2_logs they are here: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/112/y2logs.tgz Also, when I ssh into any box from 11.2, I get: "/usr/bin/manpath: can't set the locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct" I don't know if this is related, but I don't know how to fix 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] Pre-ordering a boxed set
by Mark Hounschell 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

At http://www.open-slx.com/doku.php you supposedly can order a boxed set of 11.2. When you go to preorder it I get This item cannot be shipped to the address you selected. Is this an amazon.co.uk mistake or something more sinister?? Yes my address was entered correctly. Thanks Mark -- 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] HP Mini 110-1037NR or varienty
by Ruben Safir 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 06:36:14PM -0700, clarkt(a)cnsp.com wrote: > What is the bios version? F17 is the current but I installed the MS2 > version of 11.2 from a usb stick with F6 with no problems. On the laptop ?? I'll have to look...will report back. > Have you tried to copy the install iso to a usb stick? You can copy the > image using > dd if=<iso image> of=/dev/<sdx of the usb stick>. If you have the dvd > image you will need an 8Gb stick. > > Put the stick in the mini and when you boot, hit f9 and select the usb > stick to boot from. > > Let me know if this works. > > Clark > > > clarkt(a)cnsp.com wrote: > >> The Packman repository. http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/factory/ > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 06:01:59AM -0700, clarkt(a)cnsp.com wrote: > >>> > >>>> In 11.1, you will not have wireless or ethernet without getting the wl > >>>> driver from Packman or the ath1c driver. In 11.2 the ath1c driver is > >>>> part > >>>> of the kernel, but you still have to get the wl driver from Packman. > >>>> Sound works on my 1025. > >>>> > >>>> Clark > >>>> > >>>> > > > > Well, now that the 11.2 version is released I thought I'd ty to install > > that and I did a net install from a mounted opensuse iso on my > > webserver. It is still having fundamental difficulties, starting with > > this: > > > > I've installed 11.2 opensuse on my HP mini 110 and the installed inird > > kernet doesn't load, although it works for the install ram disk. I get an > > error message on boot > > > > > > "failed to get NUMA memory information > > from SRAT table"... then the screen over writes itself and I can't > > remember the rest. The system then loads up but it stalls on loading the > > devices after udev is loaded...it just sits there. I've worked on this for > > a while and I believe it is a bug at this point in the installation > > process. > > > > I tried to rewrite the initrd with mkinitrd, but that failed to work. > > I could obviously copy the book disk initrd ... but... > > > > I could use a fix. > > > > > >>>>> Anyone have any information on the HP Minis and openSUSE. > >>>>> > >>>>> I tried to install 11.0 from my flash drive and the ethernet, wifi > >>>>> and > >>>>> sound is down. I'm downloading the DVD for 11.1 and will try to > >>>>> > >>>> install > >>>> > >>>>> that. Its the Mini 110 model 110-1037NR > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> Ah - thanks for the definitve help. What is packman? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff > >>> http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > >>> So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, > >>> like > >>> Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - > >>> RI > >>> Safir 1998 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > > > > > -- http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.< You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one." © Copyright for the Digital Millennium -- 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 messages - disk errors?
by Dave Howorth 27 Dec '09

27 Dec '09

We had a generator test at work over the weekend that exceeded the UPS time limits so machines shut down. They've all come back but I'm seeing a lot of messages in /var/log/messages of one of them (every few minutes). I strongly suspect they're telling me to buy a new disk but I need to find and read the friendly manual to be sure. Can anybody confirm my suspicion and/or point me at the correct manual? Thanks, Dave Here's a sample of one burst of messages: Sep 28 13:50:07 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Sep 28 13:50:07 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: BMDMA stat 0x25 Sep 28 13:50:07 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in Sep 28 13:50:07 suse1 kernel: res 51/40:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 Emask 0x9 (media error) Sep 28 13:50:07 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100 Sep 28 13:50:07 suse1 kernel: ata3: EH complete Sep 28 13:50:11 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Sep 28 13:50:11 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: BMDMA stat 0x25 Sep 28 13:50:11 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in Sep 28 13:50:11 suse1 kernel: res 51/40:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 Emask 0x9 (media error) Sep 28 13:50:11 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100 Sep 28 13:50:11 suse1 kernel: ata3: EH complete Sep 28 13:50:15 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Sep 28 13:50:15 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: BMDMA stat 0x25 Sep 28 13:50:15 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in Sep 28 13:50:15 suse1 kernel: res 51/40:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 Emask 0x9 (media error) Sep 28 13:50:20 suse1 avahi-daemon[3595]: Invalid query packet. Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3: EH complete Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: BMDMA stat 0x25 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: res 51/40:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 Emask 0x9 (media error) Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3: EH complete Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: BMDMA stat 0x25 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: res 51/40:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 Emask 0x9 (media error) Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3: EH complete Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: BMDMA stat 0x25 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: res 51/40:08:a3:c0:73/00:00:00:00:00/e3 Emask 0x9 (media error) Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: 03 73 c0 a3 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 57917603 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: ata3: EH complete Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB) Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 avahi-daemon[3595]: Invalid query packet. Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB) Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Sep 28 13:50:28 suse1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Windows XP, 11.2, and Seagate HDs - sort of....
by Basil Chupin 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

I apologise for the following longish message which, possibly, may belong in the off-topic list... but also doesn't belong there.... Please bear with me.. Back last May I bought 2 brand new, "matched", Seagate 160GB HDs. There was no way I could install 11.2 MS-anything or RC-anything on one of them. It would *"install"* but at the first boot grub could not find the operating system. Doing some testing on the HD came up with contrary results: one set of tools showed that there was nothing wrong with the HD (using Seagate's SeaTools) but then using the Windows Scandisk from a bootable floppy showed that there were bad sectors at the start of the HD. OK, I put this HD away, and now the shop were I bought it will replace the HD when I take it back. Fine. However, the second Seagate appears to be OK, and I used it for my wife's computer last weekend to install 11.2. All went well, and she now has 11.2. *But*, it takes forever for 11.2 to boot on her machine :-( . And after it does, the "HD in use" light remains ON. When I then reboot and check the file system (default, ext4), using "e2fsck -p /dev/sda1", shows that there is no problem with the file system, the "HD in use" light stops being on for the rest of the day while the computer is in use. My concern now is: is there a problem with *this* Seagate HD which should also be replaced by the shop or is there something else which needs to be done to stop the "HD in use" light showing? The second hassle. A couple of weeks ago, when I was interstate, I bought a couple of 500GB Western Digital HDs. These are now the ones which have 11.2 installed on them, and they are working fine... with a possible qualification. The qualification is that I installed XP SP2 to start with, before installing oS 11.2, and created my "usual" ntfs partitions on both HDs. No drama here. However, I also have an external 500GB Maxtor USB drive - factory formatted in ntfs- which I use for backing-up files both from both Linux and 'old' installation/s of XP (residing on other set/s of HDs). The problem - which has me totally bamboozled - is that I can copy, using mc (midnight commander), files from the 'old' installation/s of XP to the external USB and then can copy using mc from the external Maxtor to the partitions on the new installation of XP.... *BUT* I am unable to copy the same files from external USB Maxtor to the new XP installation using anything from within the newly installed XP :-( : there is a "pretend" copy of the first couple of files but then the whole process slows to ~20kb/s, and in the final result NOTHING has been copied- the file name/s contain/s 0 bytes. The error message in XP is, if I recall correctly, is along the lines of, "cannot write to the destination <disk/directory>" or similar. I have done chkdsk <X>: /f on all of the partitions while in XP and all partitions (including the external Maxtor) have no errors Sorry about asking about this here, but if you can throw some light on this hassle of mine I'd be most grateful. BC -- I work to live not live to work. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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