November 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Are there known problems with 11.2 DVD boot code?
by Joachim Schrod 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Hi, When I try to boot from the 11.2 DVD (packaged box), it shows a white-text-on-black-background box in the upper left corner that tells something about an error 11 in /boot/i386/loader. The next key stroke invokes a text interface. (I can boot the rescue from there, so the DVD doesn't seem to be damaged completely.) I tried it on three systems, everywhere the same error. Is this a known problem or is this a defect on the DVD? Since I paid for it, I would return it in the latter case. TIA for an answer, 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] Re: Deleting corrupted files
by jdd-gmane 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Le 26/11/2009 13:04, John Bennett a écrit : > An external disk had a bit of a prob when copying data to it, and I now > have a bunch of corrupted files on it: > -????????? ? ? ? ? ? pb072311.jpg > -????????? ? ? ? ? ? pb072312.jpg > -????????? ? ? ? ? ? pb072313.jpg > -????????? ? ? ? ? ? pb072314.jpg > > john@boss:/media/disk/data/draw/camera/misc> ls -la pb0723* > ls: cannot access pb072302.jpg: Input/output error > ls: cannot access pb072303.jpg: Input/output error > ls: cannot access pb072304.jpg: Input/output error > ls: cannot access pb072305.jpg: Input/output error > > > Is there any way to delete these? > Thanks, John. fsck? or copy the good files and mkfs jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- 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: postfix: Name service error
by Joachim Schrod 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Anton Aylward wrote: > Lars Müller said the following on 11/26/2009 07:17 AM: >> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:55:32PM +0100, Joachim Schrod wrote: >>> Otto Rodusek wrote: >> [ 8< ] >>>> hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns >>> That means that if hotmail.com's MX record is not found in Zeroconf >>> (i.e., the avahi daemon, implementing Apple's Bonjour protocol), it >>> returns immediately, without contacting your DNS servers. >>> >>> There are two possible remedies: >>> >>> 1) If you don't know what Zeroconf is and have no Apple system, >>> remove the string "mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] " from the >>> line above. I.e., leave only files and dns. >> >> But then we might lose the abilty to resolve hostname without having >> setup a DNS server in the LAN. > > No, that is not the case. > [rest snipped. You don't need to explain nsswitch.conf to Lars, > he is a developer and knows it inside out.] Of course, this *is* the case, if Zeroconf is used. But I gathered from Otto's posts that this quite likely not the case, therefore I gave advice 1). Otherwise I wouldn't have done so. Zeroconf is a name and service resolution protocol introduced by Apple that shall enable address allocation without DHCP server, name and IP resolution without /etc/hosts and DNS server, and service location (printers and such) without a directory server. There are also fringe use cases like multicast address allocation, which are probably never used in home and SOHO environments, where Zeroconf brings the most advantages. http://www.zeroconf.org/ has good technical information on it. The ORA book on Zeroconf is also quite good, as usual. It's drawback is that it focuses on Mac OS X and application developpers too much, and leaves Unix sysadmins in the cold. 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] Applications autostart in GNOME
by Marco Calistri 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Hello listmates, I noticed that after dist-upgrade 11.1 to 11.2, my Gnome autostart apps. stopped to works: no more apps autostart after logged in. Yesterday I tried to add a new one app. (software update) to the ones existing from previous 11.1 configuration and it seems to work as expected: it autostarts correctly. Wonder if it is necessary to reload all the apps. I will to autostart from scratch, or is there a reset/reconfiguration procedure I can follow to resolve this issue. Thank for your attention. Cheers, -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> It is only with the heart one can see clearly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. -- The Fox, `The Little Prince' -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] vlc and friends on the Packman repository
by Dog Walker 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

I am trying to install the vlc video viewer application on 11.1 (KDE3.5) but zypper is not finding packages supposed to be on packman. Am I just out of luck, or what? Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... The following NEW packages are going to be installed: liba52-0 libggi2 libgii1 libkate0 libmpeg2-0 libupnp3 libv4l libvlc2 libvlccore0 vlcvlc-noX vlc-qt Overall download size: 7.4 M. After the operation, additional 29.9 M will be use d. Continue? [YES/no]: Retrieving package libupnp3-1.6.6-0.pm.1.i586 (1/12), 106.0 K (266.0 K unpacked) Retrieving: libupnp3-1.6.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/libupnp3-1.6.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package libvlccore0-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586 (2/12), 340.0 K (832.0 K unpacked) Retrieving: libvlccore0-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/libvlccore0-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package libkate0-0.1.6-0.pm.1.i586 (3/12), 33.0 K (68.0 K unpacked) Retrieving: libkate0-0.1.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/libkate0-0.1.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package libv4l-0.5.9-0.pm.8.i586 (4/12), 76.0 K (224.0 K unpacked) Retrieving: libv4l-0.5.9-0.pm.8.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/libv4l-0.5.9-0.pm.8.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package libgii1-1.0.2-0.pm.1.i586 (5/12), 61.0 K (153.0 K unpacked) Retrieving: libgii1-1.0.2-0.pm.1.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/libgii1-1.0.2-0.pm.1.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package libmpeg2-0-0.5.1-0.pm.2.i586 (6/12), 83.0 K (300.0 K unpacked ) Retrieving: libmpeg2-0-0.5.1-0.pm.2.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/libmpeg2-0-0.5.1-0.pm.2.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package liba52-0-0.7.4-3.pm.5.i586 (7/12), 19.0 K (43.0 K unpacked) Retrieving: liba52-0-0.7.4-3.pm.5.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/liba52-0-0.7.4-3.pm.5.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package libvlc2-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586 (8/12), 48.0 K (111.0 K unpacked) Retrieving: libvlc2-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/libvlc2-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package libggi2-2.2.2-0.pm.1.i586 (9/12), 156.0 K (501.0 K unpacked) Retrieving: libggi2-2.2.2-0.pm.1.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/libggi2-2.2.2-0.pm.1.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package vlc-noX-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586 (10/12), 5.6 M (24.6 M unpacked) Retrieving: vlc-noX-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/vlc-noX-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package vlc-qt-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586 (11/12), 577.0 K (1.6 M unpacked) Retrieving: vlc-qt-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/vlc-qt-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: Retrieving package vlc-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586 (12/12), 373.0 K (1.2 M unpacked) Retrieving: vlc-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586.rpm [error] File './i586/vlc-0.9.9a-0.pm.0.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: -- I have seen the future and I'm not in it! -- 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: postfix: Name service error
by Joachim Schrod 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Otto Rodusek wrote: > I've recently set up a new OpenSuse11.1 server. I need a simple smtp > request - mail out system errors to the sysadmin as/when necessary. I've > configured postfix but no matter what I try I keep getting the following > errors: (I've tried other email address - not just hotmail.com - with > the same error result!!) > > Nov 26 15:49:42 bunyip postfix/error[2285]: 059CBC658B: > to=<ottorodusek(a)hotmail.com>, relay=none, delay=71849, > delays=71820/28/0/0.1, dsn=4.4.3, status=deferred (delivery temporarily > suspended: Host or domain name not found. Name service error for > name=hotmail.com type=MX: Host not found, try again) > > My resolv.conf is: > > search local.com > nameserver 202.156.1.58 > nameserver 218.186.1.38 > nameserver 202.156.1.38 What is the output of "host -t mx hotmail.com"? In nsswitch.conf, is "dns" listed on the hosts line? 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] 11.2 -- Wow, so far so good (.. I mean Great!)
by David C. Rankin 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

I haven't configured it as a server yet, wow, so far I have had 'zero' problem with the 11.2 install as a desktop. Granted, I haven't gotten to everything yet, but I have gotten through enough to give an initial take on the desktop install aspect of 11.2. I don't why I did it this way, but my first install was my first successfull 'upgrade' (11.1->11.2) rather than install and it was my first install where I took a kde4 setup to a completely Gnome install. More of a whim really, but I have a few spare drives for my old laptop, so I had downloaded the Gnome live CD and tested it before thinking about an actual install. To my amazement, my wireless was configured properly by the Gnome Live CD (Atheros/madwifi/wpa-supplicant). This is the first time in the history of this particular laptop (since Dec. 2004) that any install has ever gotten the wireless right! All I had to do was enter my ssid, tell it I was using WPA/WPA2 Personal, and enter my passphrase and it -- just connected. I have only done one previous 'install to Gnome' before (10.0 I think) rather than an install to KDE, but since the Live CD did such a good job, I decided I would just go ahead and install from the Live CD and add the KDE repos and install KDE later. Man was that the right choice. Aside from being a bit busy lately, I have been working with enlightenment as my primary desktop, and I had installed gnome along side the already existing KDE/enlightenment/blackbox/lxde desktop so I had no concern about loading it as a primary desktop. The live CD install was the simplist install I had ever done. It took no more than 15 minutes for the very feature/package rich base install. It was completely unremarkable (as an install should be). The old drive that was used was dual boot XP/11.1 where 11.1 had the usual / and /home partitions without a separate /boot. The grub partitioner proposed formatting / as ext4 and preserving the remaining partitions. I just accepted the default proposal. Install completed and I set a regular root password, I just can't stand having root assigned to some admin user like XP, I want a real root. What resulted was a 100% operating new openSuSE operating system. I installed sometime yesterday afternoon and have since installed enlightenment e16 and e17 and compiz and have installed the remaining development packages and server application (not configured yet). On gnome, I have run gnome for the better part of a 24 hour period and not had to file a single bug report. (I have filed 2 in the same time with kde.org from issues with my other laptop) Another refreshing aspect of 11.2 was my sound install -- it works! Not that there is anything special about the sound card (ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller) it just never gets configured correctly on install. Great job! I'm in no hurry to get kde4 loaded. Last count wast 164 bugs filed against it. I'll see what the list traffic looks like and if it looks good I'll load it, if not, I'll wait (I have a busy 6 weeks coming so I don't have the time it takes to keep up with the bug reports right now) The latest enlightenment (E17 from the X11:/Enlightenment repository) is fantastic, as well as the E16 build in that repository. I have been equally impressed with Gnome 2.26. Does everthing I need it to do and has not given me 1 bit of trouble. Great job on packaging those desktops. I'm sure I will have a few bug reports to file in the next week or so on 11.2, but this has been one refreshing change. Good job to the openSuSE team! -- 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] dynamically growing 2D aray of structues
by Maura Monville 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

I dare ask for some guidelines as I am not a programmer and never came across glib before... Thasi may not be the right mailing list for such a question ....please, be linient At the time being I have to embed some code into a package (Galopps: a Genetic Algorithm) which is totally implemented in C language. To be consistent with Galopps style I have to use glib functions. I have just started to use the simplest glib primitives and data types. Now I am stuck with the following problem. I know there are a lot of experts out there who can give me a couples of hints. I have to generate a 2D array of structures which grows dynamically in both directions. The structure is defined as follows: typedef struct { gchar *id; gchar *description; gchar *sequence; gint sequence_len; } fasta_sequence; Any suggestion is welcome. Thank you in advance, Maura -- 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: Device notifier sort of broken?
by Joachim Schrod 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

DenverD wrote: > > John Bennett wrote: >> If I insert a CD/DVD, or plug in any USB drive, and immediately try and >> unplug <snip> >> >> Looks like the device notifier may be broke...? How to fix? > > or, i wonder if you are using 'old school' techniques to manually > mount USB or CD/DVDs? you do know that that is all now automatic (on > modern hardware, are you running an antique?)...just put it in and > WAIT a SECOND or three and let it run its routines to detect, label, > mount, and announce it is ready to work/play.. > > THEN, if you unplug/remove it, it _should_ detect that (maybe not in > the next nanosecond) and run its routines to free the device/port, > etc..and be ready for another plug-in.. And may leave you with a corrupted file system on your USB stick. Both on Linux and on Windows, it is very recommended to use the available eject facilities before you unplug an USB stick. It makes sure that the write cache has been written completely to the device. A CD can be removed without ejecting, of course, there is no write cache. 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] Re: Has anybody gotten vmware server to work on 11.2, and how?
by Joachim Schrod 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Carlos E. R. wrote: > On Sunday, 2009-11-22 at 17:42 +0100, Joachim Schrod wrote: > >> Many Server 1 users don't think so, me included. Time will show if >> users start to vote with their feet and move to other Linux >> virtualization products. > > I wonder... could a machine created with the server be run with the > player? Provided that the player is free (of charge), I don't remember. Yes, that's possible. The Player is free to use. IIRC, one even can create VMs with the Player since a few versions. Since I licensed Workstation (for its advanced Team and Record/Replay features), I haven't used Player much. >>> And very slow... i have to wait minutes for actions! > >> I haven't used Server 2 with the 11.2 patches, only with 11.1. >> There it was not slower, just more inconvenient cf. console usage. > > No, the console seems to be more or less similar in speed. What is very > slow is the configuration interface. Ah yes, that might have been. I didn't use the configuration very much, and was only annoyed (like you) that the Javascript AJAX start code is obviously not well tested on Firefox 3.5. (That it doesn't show in a browser window at first, is due to Javascript errors that one can see on the server console.) I think Server 2 is a big regression compared to Server 1, but then, I use Linux on the workstation. Many of my clients use Windows workstations anyhow, and for them it's not as bad, as they can use Virtual Infrastructure. We'll see how it goes. > I wonder if server version 1 will be adapted to this new kernel, > that would be the best solution (for me, that is). I doubt that. Already usage on 11.1 kernels was only possible with community-written patches. And then it didn't sync time correctly, at least not on Core2Duo systems. I have dumped internal VMware Server usage in the mean time and keep it only on one system to be able to track problems that our customers have. 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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