February 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] zypper / Yast install logs location
by Jay Mistry 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

When one does an update / software package(s) install using Yast / CLI-zypper, where are the logs for this stored ? Thanks, Jay -- Registered Linux User # 483705 @ http://counter.li.org/ (openSUSE 11.1, i686) Smolts Profile: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/?uuid=pub_b541a450-9bc1-45fd-beab-d46ee43… -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Mixing Yast2 and zypper updates
by Jeffrey L. Taylor 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Is it safe to mix updating with Zypper and Yast2? I.e., do they use the same dependency resolution algorithm and source list? TIA, Jeffrey -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] getting new laptop
by kanenas＠hawaii.rr.com 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

i will be buying a new laptop in a week or so. In stage 1 I hope to run a dual boot system, some windoze version and then suse 10.3, probably 32 bit but that's not final, the 64 bit ver is not only faster, but it is approaching the 100% compatibility mark. no, thanks, i will not try 11.0 or 11.1 yet, i need a kde that has *no* hooks to kde4 until at least kde 4.4 as they mark them, but let's not digress. In stage 2 I hope to run suse 10.3 as the base system, then the plan is to load up vmware and run 2 or 3 virtual oss'es, and to include the "default" windoze partition as a vmware option. The plan is to Buy a core-duo from Dell or ibm/lenovo. 2.4 ghz plus, 4 gb ram, 300-500 gb hard drive, wifi. since there will be graphics involved, i might even go to a 17" lcd. blue ray read a possibility, but definitely not a must have. I am not scared of ati drivers, have installed a few with direct ati downloads (the trick really is to *reboot* right after running an aticonfig:)), so I ask the group what other pitfalls might I want to avoid. thanks in advance, d. -- 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: SV: 11.1 extremely slow boot/halt on VMware..
by Joachim Schrod 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

Anders Norrbring wrote: >> Anders Norrbring wrote: >> > Anyone with ideas on what makes 11.1 so extremely slow at boot and >> halt time when run as a VMware Server guest? >> > 11.0 was really fine, but 11.1 can take up to 6-7 minutes just to >> come to 'Starting udev'. Same goes for a halt, it takes up to 10 >> minutes to halt the VM. >> > >> Hi Anders, >> >> Try to boot with options "hpet=disable clocksource=acpi_pm" >> >> This should help. > > Thank you! > That certainly did it.. Now I just have to read up on the kernel documentation to figure out WHY it worked.. ;-) In addition to the kernel documentation, there is an interesting white paper how VMware handles the time. Googling vmware_timekeeping.pdf will probably get you a link. 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] 10.2 still crashing; KDE freezes; command-line shutdown fails
by Charles Obler 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

I first posted this problem on 23 Dec 2008. Since then, it has recurred every other day or so, sometimes more than once a day. KDE freezes up. Windows fail to respond to close requests. Window termination messages appear. System slows to a crawl. KDE does not shutdown. Today, I managed to enter a command-line shutdown. The command was accepted and I got the "shutdown in 0 seconds" message. But no further shutdown processing occurred. As a diagnostic, I've created a bash script that saves ps output in a file every three seconds. CPU usage and swap usage figures do not seem excessive. Are there better diagnostics I can run? If this is a loop in Xorg, is there a way to identify the block of code it is in? - - - Here is my original message, dated 23 Dec 2008: I have a severe intermittant problem and need help. I hope I'm posting this report on the correct list. I installed 10.2 about a month ago on a new computer. Two or three times a week, I get locked out. It happened twice yesterday. KDE first slows to a crawl then quickly freezes with active screens incompletely rendered. Usually I lose only the keyboard, but last night I also lost the mouse. Either way, the system dies. I'm sometimes able to press Ctrl-Alt-F1 just before the freeze. Even "top", running in that console under root, stopped updating its display. "xorg", with 0.7 CPU percent, was at the top of the display when the lock-out occurred. Sometimes I am able to close several KDE applications before the complete freeze. Was not able to log out, however. Here are my system specs: X Window System Version 7.1.99.902 (7.2.0 RC 2) Release Date: 13 November 2006 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.99.902 Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX Current Operating System: Linux linux-8ez7 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC 2006 i686 Build Date: 02 June 2008 SaX2 log : SaX2 version 8.1 - SVN Release: 1.49 2003/03/17 kde version: 3.5.5 "release 45.10" uname gives: Linux h136 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Monitor: IBM ThinkVision Model: L170 Microcode: L170 M-L170-110 Size: 1024x768 Aspect: 4x3 Refresh rate: 47.8kHZ 59Hz Startup log: boot.videobios start Patching video bios Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2 Chipset: 845G BIOS: TYPE 3 Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $4d2 Mode Table Entries: 25 Patch mode 3c to resolution 1024x768 complete done 'boot.videobios start' exits with status 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] openSUSE 11.1 evolution and ICS calender in HTML formatted messages
by Roger Oberholtzer 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

Should evolution be able to show calender events that are in HTML formatted messages? I see that our company has changed the default to format messages as such. So meeting invitations I get from co-workers no longer work as they did. I realize that this is perhaps a local issue - but I doubt I will be able to sway policy. The answer will be "Use Outlook"... Perhaps I am missing a plugin? I see that the calender part of the message looks similar as before - it is part of a mime message. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- "On two occasions I have been asked (by members of Parliament!), 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. - Charles Babbage 1791-1871) English computer pioneer, philosopher And remember: It is RSofT and there is always something under construction. It is like talking about a large city with all construction finished. Not impossible, but very unlikely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Utterly Shocked - Suse system lockups
by Philip Burness 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

I have been using Suse since at least v8, and for the first time (other than when I have done something stupid) I have experienced two lock-ups where I have had to re-cycle the power to gain access again. Error seems to be Xorg related:- Feb 5 09:13:43 Desktopnew kernel: Xorg[3052]: segfault at 1b8 ip 54e4b5 sp 7fff 1fab96f0 error 4 in Xorg[400000+1c0000] Feb 5 09:13:43 Desktopnew kernel: klogd 1.4.1, ---------- state change -------- -- Feb 5 09:13:43 Desktopnew kdm[3003]: X server for display :0 terminated unexpec tedly Feb 5 09:13:43 Desktopnew gconfd (pburness-30173): Exiting Feb 5 09:13:44 Desktopnew kernel: gvfs-fuse-daemo[6705] general protection ip:7 fb1118b655a sp:7fff1b4e4ce0 error:0 in libpthread-2.8.so[7fb1118ae000+16000] Feb 5 09:13:46 Desktopnew kernel: [fglrx] Gart USWC size:192 M. Feb 5 09:13:46 Desktopnew kernel: [fglrx] Gart cacheable size:60 M. Feb 5 09:13:46 Desktopnew kernel: [fglrx] Reserved FB block: Shared offset:0, s ize:1000000 Feb 5 09:13:46 Desktopnew kernel: [fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:7f fc000, size:4000 On reboot, I seem to have lost my desktop icons (Firefox etc. only one left is Wastebin. I did get this message on startup.... Feb 5 10:10:55 Desktop syslog-ng[1897]: syslog-ng version 1.6.12 starting Feb 5 10:10:56 Desktop console-kit-daemon[2002]: WARNING: Failed to acquire org .freedesktop.ConsoleKit Feb 5 10:10:56 Desktop console-kit-daemon[2002]: WARNING: Could not acquire nam e; bailing out Only thing I've done recently is an update of KDE to 4.2. I'm running SuSE 11.0 Any suggestions anybody? Thanks Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] new kernel conflicts ati graphics 11.1
by lynn 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

Hi Yast gives me the following: #### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2009-02-26 18:41:13 #### ati-fglrxG01-kmp-pae-8.573_2.6.27.7_9.1-0.1.i586 requires kernel(pae:mm) = b853ab28d43f4e8e, but this requirement cannot be provided [ ] do not install patch:kernel-559.noarch [ ] Following actions will be done: deinstallation of ati-fglrxG01-kmp-pae-8.573_2.6.27.7_9.1-0.1.i586 deinstallation of x11-video-fglrxG01-8.573-0.1.i586 [ ] Ignore some dependencies of ati-fglrxG01-kmp-pae #### YaST2 conflicts list END ### Which option should I choose? Is the driver included in the new kernel? Thanks, Lynn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] enable DHCP server broadcast Suse 11
by James D. Parra 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

Hello, Is there a way to ensure that the DHCP server on Suse will broadcast? Perhaps this is the default setting, but I want to make sure our Vista machines can get a DHCP assigned address. Thank you, 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] what happened to screensavers?
by Marc Chamberlin 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

Sometimes I feel like it is just one $%@(! breakage after another in Linux! I have not done anything other than ordinary updates, as they come in, and now this time one of my systems no longer has any screen savers showing in the list of the KDE -> Personal Settings -> Screen Saver. I noted it when the screen saver failed to run and so went in to see what the problem was.... The Setup and Test buttons are grayed out/inoperative and no screen savers are listed. SO WHAT HAPPENED? Did a reinstall of all packages related to screen savers, and now I see that the screen savers are again running (randomly as I normally select) BUT still no list of screen savers is being shown in the KDE configuration tool. Am running KDE3.5 under SuSE11.1... Marc.. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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