February 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: SV: [opensuse] Software RAID..
by Erland Moller 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Anders Norrbring schreef: > > Thanks to you all. > Yes, naturally the 2 disks are on separate channels.. ;-) And I actually don't mind the initial sync time, I was just really surprised by the fact that it estimates 47.6 hours to make the sync.. As I mentioned, I've never set up a s/w RAID before, I've always been using h/w before.. Looking back at the old Compaq days with SCSI-2 drives, a RAID-5 with 12 disks very rarely took more than an hour to build, so 48 hours feels like "eternity" with 2 not-that-old disks. > > I need to look more into the mdadm utility, I actually just used the defaults to create the array, but of course there are tuning options, I just didn't expect that the result would be this.. ;-) It's really not a big issue for me, this is only a very temporary setup.. I was just surprised... > > Anders. > > I recently build a raid 5 on 7 70GB sas disks 15000 rpm on a HP Proliant DL380 G5 with a hardware raid. It took me more than 8 hours for the raid to perform it's initital build so i'm not that surprised to have a longer time with a software-raid. On my supermicro at home it took less than 12 hours to sync two sata disks of 320 GB in raid 1. Greets, Erland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: SV: [opensuse] Software RAID..
by Erland Moller 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Anders Norrbring schreef: > > Thanks to you all. > Yes, naturally the 2 disks are on separate channels.. ;-) And I > actually don't mind the initial sync time, I was just really surprised > by the fact that it estimates 47.6 hours to make the sync.. As I > mentioned, I've never set up a s/w RAID before, I've always been using > h/w before.. Looking back at the old Compaq days with SCSI-2 drives, a > RAID-5 with 12 disks very rarely took more than an hour to build, so > 48 hours feels like "eternity" with 2 not-that-old disks. > > I need to look more into the mdadm utility, I actually just used the > defaults to create the array, but of course there are tuning options, > I just didn't expect that the result would be this.. ;-) It's really > not a big issue for me, this is only a very temporary setup.. I was > just surprised... > > Anders. > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Login screen, can it be changed?
by Nicholas Thirkettle OSB 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Hi, I changed my desktop to Gnome because after upgrading to KDE4 my backup script was producing an error and was not able to create the catalogs which made it useless. I didn't have time to track down the cause and tried Gnome and the script worked. I then decided to try KDE again with version 4.1.3 hoping that the problem was fixed. There had been a bug report that said it was the fault of Perl (v. 10?). It was worse because my desktop wouldn't appear at all, only a white screen. I read where it was advised that the plasma and appletsrc files be removed causing them to be rebuilt and I tried it with good luck. Now I will see how my scripts run tonight because they are cron jobs and run just after midnight when there is no danger of others accessing the system. The problem is that now I have the Gnome desktop remaining and I want the KDE desktop back. Not only because I'm used to it but because I like not having to type my login each time. The password is enough. If anyone can help with this small detail I would appreciate it. Br. Nicholas -- ________________________ Nicholas Thirkettle, OSB Saint Joseph's Monastery Natchez, MS 39120 www.osbms.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] Proper way to compile kernel modules for opensuse-11.1
by Josef Wolf 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Hello, I am trying to track down a problem with DVB-S receivers. (Details are at http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2009-February/031788.html if anybody is interested). The problem appears to be related either to hardware or to the driver. So I'd like to dive into the driver to track it further down. So I need to know what is the proper way to compile the driver for 11.1. I guess there might be some suse-related patches or something. I know debian/ubuntu have module-assistant, so building modules from the source packages is pretty easy. Does such a thing also exist for opensuse? Can somebody point me to a howto or something? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Apparently corrupt directory
by Stan Goodman 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

I find that in my newly installed openSuSE v11.1 that the directory entry for gvfs is: <d????????? ? ? ? ? ? .gvfs> I am assuming that it is corrupt. What can I do to fix this? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] comp cant be access, hd failure ?
by Arie Reynaldi Z 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Friends, I install 11.1 for several days, in last few days my system cant be acces in the morning, I can ping to it, but I cannot ssh and samba didnt work. When I check /var/log/messages, I some errors. Then after I restart, i see almost same errors (you can see it bellow). I that because of Hardware failure ? my Hardisk ? I have 2 disk, 1 with SATA (/dev/sda), 1 with IDE (/dev/sdb). regards, linux-gkfg:/home/arie # mount /dev/sdb5 on / type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/sda1 on /back type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/sdb1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/sdb6 on /home type xfs (rw) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/arie/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=arie) /var/log/messages/ Feb 9 21:00:01 linux-gkfg /usr/sbin/cron[4959]: (root) CMD (/root/bin/backup.sh) Feb 9 21:19:39 linux-gkfg smartd[3757]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 65 to 66 Feb 9 21:19:39 linux-gkfg smartd[3757]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 35 to 34 Feb 9 21:19:40 linux-gkfg smartd[3757]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 9 21:19:40 linux-gkfg smartd[3757]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors Feb 9 21:39:40 linux-gkfg -- MARK -- Feb 9 21:49:37 linux-gkfg syslog-ng[2018]: Log statistics; dropped='pipe(/dev/xconsole)=0', dropped='pipe(/dev/tty10)=0', processed='center(queued)=22', processed='center(received)=14', processed='destination(newsnotice)=0', processed='destination(acpid)=0', processed='destination(firewall)=0', processed='destination(null)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(mailinfo)=0', processed='destination(console)=1', processed='destination(newserr)=0', processed='destination(newscrit)=0', processed='destination(messages)=14', processed='destination(mailwarn)=0', processed='destination(localmessages)=1', processed='destination(netmgm)=0', processed='destination(mailerr)=0', processed='destination(xconsole)=1', processed='destination(warn)=5', processed='source(src)=14' Feb 9 21:49:39 linux-gkfg smartd[3757]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Prefailure Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 109 to 111 Feb 9 21:49:39 linux-gkfg smartd[3757]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 66 to 65 Feb 9 21:49:39 linux-gkfg smartd[3757]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 34 to 35 Feb 9 21:49:39 linux-gkfg smartd[3757]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 9 21:49:39 linux-gkfg smartd[3757]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors Feb 9 22:09:39 linux-gkfg -- MARK -- Feb 10 08:38:14 linux-gkfg syslog-ng[2035]: syslog-ng starting up; version='2.0.9' Feb 10 08:38:14 linux-gkfg rchal: CPU frequency scaling is not supported by your processor. After I restart (press reset button cause I cannot login to it), I saw these too. Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Opened configuration file /etc/smartd.conf Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Drive: DEVICESCAN, implied '-a' Directive on line 26 of file /etc/smartd.conf Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf was parsed, found DEVICESCAN, scanning devices Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sda, type changed from 'scsi' to 'sat' Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], opened Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], found in smartd database. Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], state read from /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.ST380211AS-5PS17R71.ata.state Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb, type changed from 'scsi' to 'sat' Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], opened Feb 10 08:38:30 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], found in smartd database. Feb 10 08:38:31 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. Feb 10 08:38:31 linux-gkfg /usr/sbin/cron[3669]: (CRON) STARTUP (V5.0) Feb 10 08:38:31 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], state read from /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.ST380011A-5MS0WCCX.ata.state Feb 10 08:38:31 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Monitoring 2 ATA and 0 SCSI devices Feb 10 08:38:31 linux-gkfg kernel: eth0: no IPv6 routers present Feb 10 08:38:31 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Prefailure Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 111 to 120 Feb 10 08:38:31 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 65 to 68 Feb 10 08:38:31 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 35 to 32 Feb 10 08:38:31 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered changed from 47 to 73 Feb 10 08:38:32 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 10 08:38:32 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors Feb 10 08:38:32 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], SMART Prefailure Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 61 to 63 Feb 10 08:38:32 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 32 to 29 Feb 10 08:38:32 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered changed from 61 to 63 Feb 10 08:38:32 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], state written to /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.ST380211AS-5PS17R71.ata.state Feb 10 08:38:32 linux-gkfg smartd[3607]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], state written to /var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.ST380011A-5MS0WCCX.ata.state Feb 10 08:38:32 linux-gkfg smartd[3691]: smartd has fork()ed into background mode. New PID=3691. Feb 10 08:38:32 linux-gkfg sshd[3722]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Feb 10 08:38:32 linux-gkfg sshd[3722]: Server listening on :: port 22. Feb 10 08:38:33 linux-gkfg kernel: Not cloning cgroup for unused subsystem ns Feb 10 08:39:53 linux-gkfg pulseaudio[4270]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Any way to Save .bash_history command to file when HISTSIZE= is reached?
by David C. Rankin 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Listmates, Is there any way to Save .bash_history command to file when HISTSIZE= limit is reached? I would love to be able to hack whatever command removes entries from the .bash_history file and have it append that cli to something like history.sav so I could save old command lines. The problem is that I don't know where this code lives or whether it is even accessible to me. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 www.rankinlawfirm.com | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small -- 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 cannot mount DVD (udf filesystem)
by Vahe Avedissian 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Folks, This used to work fine in 11.0 and earlier versions. Now that I am running 11.1 (x64) I can no longer mount DVDs. They appear correctly in "My Computer" and k3b with the DVD title correctly recognized. If I click on the dvd icon in MY Computer nothing happens (in 11.0 I would get the contents of the DVD). Similarly with k3b nothing happens. Is there a fix for this problem? I could not find anything on this list or by googling. I've tried to mount the device directly and mount will simply hang. I've added myself to groups disk, video, etc... but it still does not work. Vahe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Changes I made in kde 4 do not stick.
by Teruel de Campo MD 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

ref opensuse 11.1 kde 4.2.1 Problem: If I make changes on panel and or add a widget everything is OK until I reboot then all is back like it was before. Also the panel shows a couple of icons like empty pages not pointing to anything. I can remove them but then are coming back after reboot. Also a have a widget desktop folder and I whatever changes I made there do not stick after reboot. This is a brand new installation in an empty HD. This is my 5th machine and all the rest are working great. I look into permission and I donot see anything wrong. I did all the updates Any directions where should I look for this problem? -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Tux Radar - State of Linux Distros in 2000
by Kai Ponte 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

http://www.tuxradar.com/content/archives-best-distros-2000 This is an interesting read.. I only put it here, since SuSE (spelling based on article) is mentioned and discussed. One of the interesting things I liked from the article, which still rings true to me is the discussion of YaST. -- kai www.perfectreign.com || www.filesite.org bis zum bitteren Ende -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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