December 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Removing a failed disk from a dmraid array
by David C. Rankin 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Listmates, After recently having a bit of fun with a dmraid array, I thought I would pass along the information in case anyone else may need it in the future. REMOVING A FAILED DISK FROM A DMRAID ARRAY To remove a failed disk from a dmraid array, the easy approach is to first deactivate the raid array in the raid bios setup during the boot sequence to disable dmraid functionality. (usually done by pressing F10 within 4 seconds of the bios POST completing) If you have more that one set of disk arrays created in the bios, just deactivate the array containing the failed disk. Then, use a boot disk (your install CD/DVD) to boot your installed system on the good disk. (The suse 11.2 DVD worked fine to boot my 10.3 system. Note: If you have another Linux system installed, you do not need your install disk, just boot from it) The install disk will search for the available boot partitions and you should be able to choose to boot from the good disk. NOTE: for my raid installs, I always mirror /, /boot, /home, any other partitions AND swap for just this purpose. When a disk fails, I have a complete system to boot on either disk. After successfully booting the installed system on the good disk, then: (1) edit and configure /boot/grub/device.map (to change hd0 and add hd1 reference to /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, respectively. When done it will look something like: (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb (fd0) /dev/fd0 then; (2) /boot/grub/menu.lst to change the references from your /dev/mapper raid array to your remaining good disk (hd1,4). You are now ready to reinstall grub on the good disk with: # grub grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 (hd1,4) (this will return your "grub root" for the single disk setup, e.g. (hd0,4) (hd1,4), etc..) grub> root (hd1,4) # or whatever was returned as your grub root Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> setup (hd1) # or whatever your good disk was (e.g. (hd0) ) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd1)"... 15 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd1) (hd1)1+15 p (hd1,4)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded Done. grub> quit Grub is now installed in the mbr of the remaining good disk. Now go get a replacement for the failed disk and recreate your array. (your remaining disk may be the next to go... ;-) -- 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] how to test/read network settings?
by Istvan Gabor 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Hello: What are the settings on openSUSE 11.1 that affect network behavior, and how can I test/check them? Eg. how can I find the differences between network settings when they were set up by ifup or networkmanager? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] upgrade from 10.3
by John Heinen 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

I really don't know because 10.3 was my first introduction. Does it upgrade like windows, downloading upgrades, or should I purchase the latest and install it over the present? I was told that we can't upgrade with our dial-up phone line on account of line interruptions -- 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 startup
by Hans de Faber 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Hi Listmates, On my fresh installed OpenSuse KDE system I tried to startup Samba for the first time. Samba was not accessible by the webinterface (localhost:901). I get this error in logsmbd: [2009/12/29 09:56:02, 0] smbd/server.c:1065(main) smbd version 3.4.2-1.1.3.1-2229-SUSE-SL11.2 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2009 [2009/12/29 09:56:03, 0] smbd/server.c:457(smbd_open_one_socket) smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use Where should I look for this problem, I can't find it. Another question how should I start and stop Samba from the commandline. Its now started on bootup. Thanks, Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Swap Size for suspend to disk
by John Andersen 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Is the swap partition still used for suspend to disk in 11.2? I increased my memory in my lap top since I set up 11.2, and my swap partition is no longer adequate to accommodate it. I'm wondering if this is going to be a problem when I try to suspend to disk. --jsa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] FF 3.5.6 "Bookmark all tabs" disabled
by Anton Aylward 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

I've found that in Firefox 3.5.6 running under KDE4.3.4 the "bookmark all tabs" menu option is disabled. Is this a known thing or might it be an artefact of the set of add-ons and plug-ins I have? Is anyone else seeing this. -- Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. -- Henry Kissinger -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Dolphin - under 11.2
by Basil Chupin 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

The Subject heading does not fully reflect what my question is, but nevertheless..... When a CD or a DVD or an USB is insterted, a menu is displayed asking which app will be used to open/display/execute the just-plugged-in device. I seem to recall that in earlier versions of oS one could move the position of the apps listed in that menu so that, for example, one could always have Dolphin at the very top, and therefore the default app, to open/view the contents of a flash disc/memory card just plugged-in. I know that this is possible in Windows. How is it possible to re-arrange the order of what occurs to be the default when a device is plugged-in or a CD/DVD inserted under 11.2 and (latest) KDE4? BC -- If you don't succeed you run the risk of failure. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] good system fonts but ugly in firefox
by Vitorio Okio 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

I've installed openSUSE 11.2 w. GNOME to give it a try. I enabled fonts "Subpixel smoothing" and set it to "slight" in Appearance applet. This gave me quite nice system, documents and application fonts. Everything looks fine except Firefox. Firefox application fonts are ugly. And they do not change no matter what my system settings/fonts are. Firefox page rendering fonts are even worse. Changing fonts in Firefox preferences from default to any other available (including MS) fonts does not provide any significant improvement. I'm not having such trouble in Ubuntu. Googled it half a day without much result. Any suggestions, please? -- 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: protecting online images
by jdd-gmane 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

Le 30/12/2009 21:27, Patrick Shanahan a écrit : > Perhaps we should continue this discussion off-list as the topic is not > exactly proper list-wise. I will keep the thread and provide access to > any others interested. Your choice. > if somebody else want to follow, say so (now continue privately) 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: protecting online images
by jdd-gmane 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

Le 30/12/2009 19:34, Patrick Shanahan a écrit : >> Gallery (2 & 3) *copy* each image to it's proprietary folder - not an >> option for such big data. Can't upload more than 2Mb files and I have >> 15Mpix photo camera... > > No, gallery2 & 3 will use sim-links. That is what I use, and I have no > "proprietary folder" on my system. how do you sync the gallery? I'm just importing 7000 albums (medium size images) to gallery3 and it copies them from my original repository to gallery3/var . I tried to copi images in the album or upload folder and gallery didn't see them. Gallery2 seems to do the same (but on a different folder) - the gallery album is filled with a lot of special files the gallery doc forbid manual modification :-( > I am happy that you find Piwigo so easy to manipulate, I find it to be an > obscure maze with little understandable documentation. But I am old and > set in my ways :^) piwigo simply looks to my folder when I ask it to "synchronize" > > Gallery allows YOU to decide the display resolution and allows you to > provide the viewer with up to four resolution choices. and build them on the fly? I prefere to make then once locally and upload. I can choose also my own resolution (browser working) if necessary >> I work with the piwigo team and will report if ever a solution is >> found :-) > > ah, you have bias :^) only know piwigo for a week now, but the piwigo forum have the devs answer in minutes when I'm still waiting for gallery one. The documentation is equally awfull on every application :-(( none of them seems to be done to cope with megabytes photos my EOS 50D provide easily :-( may be I will endup using only lowdef on my galleries and managing yself the high defs photos. I mostly copy them to my server for online backup 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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